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A true find you have found here! Native to dry Limestone hills and cliffs in Southern and Western Mexico, where it grows among Quercus and Pinus species between 3000-6000 feet elevations This rarely offered beautiful fan palm has a smooth slender trunk that produces at its crown dark grey-green finely segmented leaves with white undersides. This species is the only Brahea without a thorny petioles (Frond stems). Brahea nitida is well suited for a temperate garden setting providing it has full sun and very well drained nuetral to alkaline soils. It will take moderate frosts and is considered a superb, reliable, and truly unique palm species. Matures from 15-30', slow to medium growth rate, salt tolerance?, and a low nutrition/fertilizer requirement all makes this palm a great choice. Reports of no damage at 18 Degrees F.
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