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Summer planting
Contrary to popular opinion, summer planting is fine as long as adequate water is provided throughout any prolonged dry periods. This allows you to take advantage of increased summer growth.
Rhopalostylis sapida
Height: 5m;  Spread: 3m
Nikau (Palm)
The only mainland palm. Slower growing than off shore island forms, but equally elegant.
» Click here for our Rhopalostylis sapida article published in The Fringe, March 2014 ...
» » For a landscaping perspective on Rhopalostylis, see this article by O2 Landscapes...
Photo gallery:
Nikau Palm Flower/Seedhead Nov.08 Whakatane
..nice structural group at RMBG
..opening wide at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melb
Nikau on the Lower Loop of the Arataki Nature Trail, Auckland
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