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It is certainly possible to grow tropical plants in frost prone areas, although often believed otherwise. Not only are there tropical plants, or plants with a tropical look, which are actually frost tolerant to several degrees, there are also many things you can do to protect you plants from frost! Scroll down for frost tolerant palms, frost tolerant foliage plants, and other frost tolerant tropical plants.  Read articles about frost proofing your tropical plants, or growing frost tolerant tropical plants



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Travellers Palm (Ravenala madagascariensis) l


In Stock: 20
One of our favourites! A beautiful tree from the Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia) family which produces big banana-like foliage. Foliage arranges itself in a fan-shaped form. Though technically not a palm tree, it is often called one because of the short palm-like trunk & foliage. It grows 7-15m tall. The Travellers Palm produces white flowers, followed by brown fruits. Seeds are a wonderful blue colour. It derives its name ‘Travellers Palm’ from the fact that it collects and holds rainwater in its leaf folds and flower bracts. Thirsty travellers knew to seek out this tree to collect water. Ravenala madagascariensis is a stunning tropical plant and would act well as a feature plant, or as back drop for other tropical plants. It is often used to line driveways and property entries, for which the fan shape lends itself very well.
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Supplied as: Stunning plants up to 1m tall.
(not for NT due to size) 
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Majestic Palm (Ravenea rivularis)


In Stock: 10
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Popular tall palm with smooth, white, self cleaning trunk. Beautiful crown of feathery bright green leaves. Very adaptable palm and quite cold hardy. Good house plant or for pots.
Supplied as: plants, 20-40cm tall (not for NT due to size - contact us to see if we have some smaller plants to suit) 
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Nile Tulip Tree (Markhamia lutea)


In Stock: 3
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Evergreen tree, yellow trumpet flowers. Bird attracting. Lush green foliage, cold hardy to 0 degrees. Fast growing, 10-15m tall. Rare but should be grown more!
Supplied as: plants, aprox 30 cm tall 
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Bottle Palm (Hyophorbe lagenicaulis)


In Stock: 2
The Bottle Palm is a solitary dwarf palm 3-3.5m tall with a hugely swollen trunk up to 60cm in diameter. Trunks are rounded in young specimens and flatten out a little when it gets older. It has upwardly arching feather leaves (pinnate) on top of a smooth green crown shaft. Leaves grow up to 3m in length. Bottle Palms originate in Round Island but is almost extinct in native habitat. It is however widely cultivated for its unique beauty all around the world.
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See Bottle Palm grow notes for further information.
Supplied as: plants, 30-40cm tall. 
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Pink Crown Palm (Dypsis Pink Crown)


In Stock: 11
One of our favourites! Very dainty, graceful small palm from Madagascar. Grows to 4m tall with curly foliage and stunning pink new growth. Cold hardy to 1c and suitable as far south as Sydney. Best group planted.
Supplied as: plants, 15-30cm tall. 
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Cardboard Palm (Zamia furfuracea)


In Stock: 29
The Cardboard Palm belongs to the Cycad family (Cycad is Greek for ‘palm’, as most Cycads bear resemblance to palms). It is native to the warm sandy coastal plains of Mexico. It’s a very distinctive cycad with thick, felty leaves up to 1.2m long that emerge from the middle of the plant, forming a rosette. When grown in bright light, the rosette becomes a 1m high clump of tightly overlapping that can (although slowly) grow to 1.8m in diameter. The leaves are slightly fuzzy and feel a bit like cardboard when rubbed. Foliage emerges from a thick fleshy trunk that serves as water storage in drought.
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Supplied as: small plants, 10-15cm tall 
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