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Common names, scientific names, use and care, cultivation and propagation tips, flowering habits, history and little-known facts for the curious tourist or resident.
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Bismark palm
Bottle palm
An agave plantation
Bismark Palm (Bismarckia nobilis)
Family: Areceae
Use: The bismark palm is prized as a landscape specimen, singly or in rows. Its height can vary from 40 to 70 feet, and branched reach up to 15 feet across, with a crown of spiky fronds. Individual leaves may measure more than 36 inches in width.
Cultivation: This palm thrives in...
Propagation: From...
Bottle Palm (Hyophorbe lagenicaulis)
Family: Arecaceae
Use: Because of its unusual shape and moderate size of 12 to15 feet in height, the bottle palm is a novel choice for landscape interest. The grey trunk grows to 2 feet in diameter and is swollen into the bottle-like shape that gives it its name. The canopy of 4 to 8 elegant leaves - each 9 to 12 feet long - looks striking.
Flowers: Cream male and female flowers appear from the same inflorescence. The flower stalks come from below the crown shaft, and are followed by black oval fruit of 1.5 inches in length.
Cultivation: Semi-desert in origin, this...
Propagation: The bottle palm is grown ...
Blue Agave (Agave tequilana weber azul )
Family: Liliaceae
This succulent (not a cactus) is related to the lily and the amaryllis.
Use: There are 250 to 300 different agaves, grown from the southwest U.S. to the South American tropics. Of these, the blue agave, shown, is used solely in the production of tequila, which is made from the heart, or piña. The remainder of the plant has no other use, although they are at times used in decorative plantings due to their striking appearance. The records indicate the the Aztecs had a multitude of uses for the blue agave, including soap, clothing, and string.
Flowers: In the wild, the piña, or core sends up a shoot that bears small yellow flowers at its top.
Cultivation: Blue agave grows best...
Propagation: The blue agave is grown from ...
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