Petticoat Palm

16th January 2009
The Petticoat Palm



My husbands grand father built this house with love and such detail planning ....
He planted Petticoat palms as avenue trees around the house.
This Petticoat Palm is native to California & Mexico region, again grown as avenue tree.
It has dense fan like leaves.
It is solid tall tree: with a skirt of dead dropping leaves supporting the above crown of large green fan shaped leaves.
The dead dropping leaves -- are unsightly & quite a nuisance to clear and tidy up.

Parrots and birds love its fruits and a large number gather early morning to chirp, eat, meet and enjoy its fruit.
Propagation of Petticoat palm is done by seeds which germinate slowly.
It grows easily in mild climates sometimes tolerating sub freezing temperatures.

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