- Family: Arecaceae (Palm family) Foxtail palm is a beautiful palm with one of the most spectacular leaves. The pale green arching fronds have leaflets that radiate out at all angles from the leaf stem, thus appearing like a bottlebrush or the tail of a fox. The mature tree has a canopy of 8-10 leaves, each with the characteristic foxtail or bottlebrush appearance, and a crown of leaves 15-20 ft across..
- Foxtail palm is thornless and has a slender, closely ringed bottle shaped to columnar trunk that grows up to 30 ft tall. It bears white blossoms at the base of its crown, and a single palm is capable of producing good . Foxtail palm produces colorful clusters of red to orange-red fruit, each containing just one seed. It is a native to Australia..
- A stunning, fast-growing, small or medium-sized, solitary palm that is renowned for its delightful crown of densely plumose (like the plume of a feather), gracefully arching fronds that have taken the liking to the tail of a fox..
- Ripening from green to orange-red, about 5cms long, single-seeded; bearing forked fibres.Etymology:' It was discovered in 1978, when an Aboriginal man, whose Aboriginal name being recorded as 'Wodyeti', introduced it to botanists and the world's attention. Thus the genus epithet was honoured after him. Its species epithet 'bifurcata' mean twice forked, in reference to the pinnae and fibres in the fruit..
- Extremely versatile a palm, it tolerates a wide variety of soil and climatic conditions. Grows at a rapid rate when the palm is well fed and watered regularly. It thrives well in full sun and partial sun, and even indoors with brightly lit areas. Because of its deep root system, it is drought tolerant. When grown in a container, over-watering should be avoided. It is generally disease-free and is reistant to lethal yellowing Propagate by . germinate in 3 to 6 months..
Family: Arecaceae (Palm family) Foxtail palm is a beautiful palm
with one of the most spectacular leaves. The pale green arching
fronds have leaflets that radiate out at all angles from the leaf
stem, thus appearing like a bottlebrush or the tail of a fox. The
mature tree has a canopy of 8-10 leaves, each with the
characteristic foxtail or bottlebrush appearance, and a crown of
leaves 15-20 ft across. Foxtail palm is thornless and has a
slender, closely ringed bottle shaped to columnar trunk that
grows up to 30 ft tall. It bears white blossoms at the base of
its crown, and a single palm is capable of producing good .
Foxtail palm produces colorful clusters of red to orange-red
fruit, each containing just one seed. It is a native to
Australia. A stunning, fast-growing, small or medium-sized,
solitary palm that is renowned for its delightful crown of
densely plumose (like the plume of a feather), gracefully arching
fronds that have taken the liking to the tail of a fox. Ripening
from green to orange-red, about 5cms long, single-seeded;
bearing forked fibres.Etymology:' It was discovered in 1978, when
an Aboriginal man, whose Aboriginal name being recorded as
'Wodyeti', introduced it to botanists and the world's attention.
Thus the genus epithet was honoured after him. Its species
epithet 'bifurcata' mean twice forked, in reference to the pinnae
and fibres in the fruit. Its common name, 'foxtail palm', was
conveniently given in reference to the fronds, which are an
allusion to the tail of a fox. Extremely versatile a palm, it
tolerates a wide variety of soil and climatic conditions. Grows
at a rapid rate when the palm is well fed and watered regularly.
It thrives well in full sun and partial sun, and even indoors
with brightly lit areas. Because of its deep root system, it is
drought tolerant. When grown in a container, over-watering should
be avoided. It is generally disease-free and is reistant to
lethal yellowing Propagate by . germinate in 3