Formosa Palm Coconut Palms usually on protected slopes and

usually on protected slopes and gullies or rainforest margins and coastal forests on stabilised sand dunes and sand hills

south of Toliara

‘Fuerte’ is one of the most cold-tolerant varieties

Sometimes referred to as 'striped dracaena' the warneckii has long

Frost tender

Formosa Palm Coconut Palms usually on protected slopes andArenga 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