Formosa Palm Coconut Palms golden-yellow flowers with ruffled petals

golden-yellow flowers with ruffled petals that begin to emerge in late Spring

It looks similar to the common sago palm (Cycas revoluta) but has more bluey-coloured leaves and is certainly hardier

They are evergreen but semi-deciduous in cooler climates

also suitable for growing in containers

and present distributions may represent a small fraction of the distribution of only a century ago

Formosa Palm Coconut Palms golden-yellow flowers with ruffled petalsArenga engleri, also known as Formosa Palm and Dwarf Sugar Palm is a beautiful clustering palm, small to medium in size to around 3m. Long fish tailed shaped pinnate leaves, dark green on top, silvery underneath, twist gracefully. Each trunk is covered with delicate black fibres. Evergreen, this palm prefers partial shade and will take quite a few degrees of frost. One of the best palms to display a tropical look. It is still a palm which is not often