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Is there such a thing as cold or frost hardy tropical plants?
Yes! We’ve compiled a list below of our plants for that tropical look in the colder areas & regions prone to frost in Australia.
Palms:
- Arenga engleri (Dwarf Sugar Palm) -10
- Butia capitata (Wine Palm / Jelly Palm) -10
- Phoenix canariensis (Canary Island Date Palm) -10
- Sabal minor (Dwarf Palmetto) -10
- Washingtonia robusta (Mexican Fan Palm) -5
Cycads:
- Cycas revoluta (Sago Palm) -5
- Zamia furfuracea (Cardboard Palm) -2
Foliage & flowering plants:
- Doryanthes excelsa (Gymea Lily) -5
- Dracaena draco (Dragon’s Blood Tree) -10
- Xanthorrhoea johnsonii (Grass Tree) -4
Succulents:
- Agave bracteosa (Squid Agave) -9
- Agave filifera (Thread Agave) - 9
- Agave parryi (Parry’s Agave) -9
- Agave victoria-reginae (Queen’s Agave) -9
- Yucca’s aprox -4
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Palms:
- Beccariophoenix madagascariensis (Window Pane Palm) 0ºC
- Caryota mitis (Clustering Fishtail Palm) 0ºC
- Chambeyronia macrocarpa (Flamethrower Palm + Blonde Flamethrower Palm) 0ºC
- Dypsis decaryi (Triangle Palm) 0ºC
- Dypsis fakey (Fakey Palm) 0ºC
- Dypsis leptocheilos (Red Neck Palm / Teddybear Palm) 0ºC
- Dypsis lutescens (Golden Cane) 0ºC
- Dypsis Pink Crown (Pink Crown Palm) 0ºC
- Hyophorbe lagenicaulis (Bottle Palm) 0ºC
- Hyophorbe verschaffeltii (Spindle Palm) 0ºC
- Phoenix roebelenii (Dwarf Date Palm) 0ºC
Flowering plants
- Lampranthus (Ice Plant) (0ºC - best protected if for a long period of time)
- Pandorea Lady Di (White Bower Vine) 0ºC
- Randia fitzalanii (Native Gardenia / Yellow Mangosteen) 0ºC
We recommend you gradually adjust young plants to your climate. Do not suddenly expose them to wind, frost, salt, cold, sun etc.! If you believe one of the plants above is wrongly described, or you believe some of our other plants may be cold or frost hardy, please let us know!
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