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Coconut Palm

Cocos nucifera

  • Feeds pollinators
  • Edible
Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera)

Photo: P Jeganathan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Bloom colours

cream, gold

What actually matters with this one

Genuinely tropical — it will not take a single degree of frost. Salt spray, though, bothers it not at all.

How to grow it

Light
full sun
Water
Never let it dry out
Hardiness
Zones 10-12
Height
20-30 m
Flowers
All year
Difficulty
moderate

Plant it alongside

Relatives and plants that want the same conditions.