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How hardy is Butia capitata?
The Butia Capitata or Pindo Palm Tree is one of the hardiest feather palms, tolerating temperatures down to -10 degrees or below. Curving, silvery-blue pinnate leaves gives it a stunning, graceful look. It's stout single trunk has prominent leave scars.
What does Butia capitata taste like?
The fruit of the B. capitata is most delightful - a tart guava-banana-pineapple-nutty taste - that cannot be adequately described or compared. Commercially the fruit is used in jellies, jams, and for making wine. For this reason, the Pindo Palm is also known as the Jelly Palm or Wine Palm.
What is the hardiness zone for Butia capitata?
Culture. Winter hardy to USDA Zones 9 (possibly 8b) to 11 where plants are best grown in moist, fertile, well-drained soils in full sun. Tolerates part shade.
Butia capitata, commonly called yatay palm, pindo palm or jelly palm, is a palm tree that typically grows to 20-35' tall and to 10-15' wide. It is native from ...
This cold-hardy, single-trunked palm is easily recognized by its rounded canopy of blue-grey, strongly-recurved, graceful fronds which curve in.