Common name: Golden Manila Palm, Christmas Palm, Dwarf Royal Palm, Aponidia Palm Regional name: Marathi - Golden Manila Palm Category: Palms and Cycads Family: Palmae or Coconut family Light: Sun growing, Semi shade Water: Normal Primarily grown for: Foliage Flowering season: Flowers are inconspicuous Foliage color: Yellow, Green Plant Height or length: Around 1.5feet Plant Form: Upright or Erect Special Character: Rare Plant or difficult to get plant Good for screening Suitable for road median planting Suitable for avenue planting Salt or salinity tolerant Good on seaside Grows best in humid and warm regions Plant Description: - This is a most stunning form of the green Manila palm. The leaves are bright golden yellow. The regular Manila palm is described below. - A very compact and versatile palm. Can be planted as single specimens in very small spaces or as groups in larger ones. - Highly recommended for planting near swimming pools. The bright red fruit stays on the plant for several weeks and looks very pretty. - Nation Philippine Islands. - After Elmer D.Merrill - plant explorer of the asian tropics, former director of the Arnold Arboretum. - Solitary trunked, monoecious, pinnate leaved palm. - Grow to height 50 ft. - Light to dark gray trunk 1 ft in diameter. - The leaves are 6 - 8 ft long, short petiole, 1 ft long. - There are usually 12 strongly arching leaves per plant. - Flower and fruit with as little as 3 ft of trunk. Growing tips: - This palm is quite delicate and exacting in its climatic requirements as compared to the green Manila palm. - Plants do best in warm and humid coastal climates only. - In dry climates their crown is quite sad looking. - Plants require well drained soils with regular irrigation. PLEASE READ!!! We are shipping only healthy plants, live and that can easily be grown. We hope you understand that damaged items due to shipment is out of our control. Though we make sure that we packed them well so that the plants will be preserved well during shipment. Its a buyers risk however we packed it securely so you would received it in good healthy condition. WE SHIP THRU FLASH EXPRESS/LBC Regular/Standard Shipping if your location is near Laguna or Southern Luzon. But we strongly suggest to our dear buyers to PLEASE choose ANY OTHER LOGISTICS as your shipping option which is LBC COD and COP if you are ordering from far Region in Northern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. 🌷🌼🌷🌼 If u are outside Laguna_ Southern LUZON.. PLEASE MESSAGE us first before placing your orders... beacause we are not going to refund any damage plants due to shipping handling