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Bismarck Palm
Bismarckia nobilis
Bismarck Palm is a slow-growing palm, hardy in USDA zones 10-11, that matures to about 30-40 ft × 10-15 ft. It does best in full sun with medium water needs in well-drained and occasionally-dry soil. It blooms in brown. It stands up well to drought and heat, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 10-11
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 30-40 ft × 10-15 ft
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Occasionally-dry
- Foliage
- Blue, Silver, Green
- Bloom color
- Brown
- Tough against
- Drought, Heat
- Native to
- Madagascar
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