Washingtonia Robusta

Washingtonia palm

Caring Tips

Watering

Allow the top of the soil to become slightly dry before watering.

Light

Bright, indirect light ideally with a few hours of direct morning or late afternoon sunshine and some partial shade.

PLANT INFO

Washingtonia robusta, the Mexican fan palm or Mexican washingtonia, is a palm tree native to western Sonora and Baja California Sur in northwestern Mexico. It is reportedly naturalized in Florida, California, Hawaii, Texas, parts of the Canary Islands, France, Italy, Israel, Lebanon, Spain, and Reunion.

The leaves have a petiole up to 1 m (3.3 ft) long, and a palmate fan of leaflets up to 1 m long. The inflorescence is up to 3 m (9.8 ft) long, with numerous small, pale orange-pink flowers. The fruit is a spherical, blue-black drupe, 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) diameter; it is edible, though thin-fleshed.