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Jubaea chilensis - Chilean Wine Palm

Note: This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.  
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Habit and Cultural Information
Category: Palm
Family: Arecaceae (Palmae) (Palms)
Origin: Chile (South America)
Evergreen: Yes
Flower Color: Insignificant
Bloomtime: Not Significant
Height: 60-80 feet
Exposure: Full Sun
Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs
Winter Hardiness: 10-15° F
Jubaea chilensis (Chilean Wine Palm) - This rare palm is known for its thick gray trunk that can reach 4-6 feet in diameter at the base and then taper at the top of its potentially 80 foot height. The feather-type (pinnate) gray-green leaves are 8-12+ feet long. Fruit is a 1" hard round nut with meat that tastes like coconut. It does best in full sun in well-drained soil. It is native to Central Chile, where it grows on the sides of ravines and ridges in dry scrubby woodland and in the past was used extensively and nearly to extinction to make wine from the copious amounts of sugar found in the trunk. In cultivation it has been known to tolerate at least down to 14 ° F and there are numerous old specimens in Northern California where extremes were probably below this temperature. This is one of the palms in the Blue Garden at Lotusland. 

This information about Jubaea chilensis displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.

 
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