Cotton Palm Washingtonia robusta

A striking plant for instant architectural drama
Just £9.99
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Key Features

  • This exotic palms is sure to turn your garden into a tropical paradise
  • Makes a stunning display in a pot
  • Place by a door, gateway or path for instant impact
  • Easy to grow, just plant or place potted in a sheltered spot to watch it thrive!
  • Supplied as an established in a 1.5 litre diameter pot, ready to plant
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Description

This palm is sure to turn your garden into a tropical paradise for years to come!

Tough and architectural, it will make a striking addition to any garden, with its spiky foliage creating vivid, dancing shadows in the summer sun. Its large, deeply ridged, fan-shaped leaves will spread luxuriously out above a stout trunk, forming an impressive canopy of bright green foliage.

Commonly called Cotton Palms because of their wisps of cotton-like strands that fall from each leaf, these plants make a wonderful spectacle in any setting.

Growing as tall as you let them, these stunning palms are perfect as a centrepiece, or for adding height to borders. They also look great in pots on your patio, or as a pair placed either side of a door, gateway or path. Not a hardy variety, so provide winter protection or move those potted to shelter from autumn.

Supplied as an established in a 1.5 litre pot, ready to plant.

Top Tips
  • Water well in spring and summer – despite their tropical looks!
  • In windy spots, provide shelter, as their large leaves can be damaged in high winds.

 

Care Information
  • Slow-growing trees, palms are easy to grow and care for. Thriving in a sheltered site in full sun, with some shade at midday, they are best grown on the patio in large pots and brought under cover in the winter.
  • When in growth, water moderately and feed with a balanced fertiliser once a month at half strength. Water sparingly in winter.
  • If the plant becomes pot-bound, pot on into a container 2.5cm larger when new growth starts in spring, using a compost with good drainage.
  • In years when repotting is not carried out, topdress by removing 5cm of old compost from the top of the pot and replace with fresh.
  • Pruning will only be needed to remove old fronds that hang below horizontal. Do not remove those growing upright, as this may slow the growth and reduce the palm's vigor.
  • Remember that these palms have spines and sharp edges; use extreme caution when handling.
Delivery Information

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. Pre-ordered items will be sent as soon as possible after the date quoted and we'll generally ship your entire order with your pre-ordered items. When your order is dispatched, we'll send you another email with details of how to track it.

Most orders are sent on a fully-tracked courier service with Yodel. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, no signature is required, and our courier is asked to leave your order in a safe place on your property.

We'll send a tracking link when we dispatch your order, so you know when its due to arrive. Please note, once delivered we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your property. If you have any specific delivery instructions, please let us know - there's an option to enter a short message for the courier at the checkout.

Smaller, lighter, single-item orders may be sent through the post with Royal Mail - in which case no tracking is available.

Our experienced nursery team will always send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive when you plant them, so although most plants are very tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme frosts or heatwaves, we avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme weather is forecast, or over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

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2. Should any hardy plant fail to thrive thereafter, we'll replace free of charge - you just pay the P&P
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