Latania lontaroides | Red Latan Palm 2ltr outdoor foliage from the mountains of Madagascar

from the mountains of Madagascar

or a mossy pole to climb up

They smell divine and are great in a pot (though slower growing than in the ground)

Soil: Use peat-based soil

Despite its name

Latania lontaroides | Red Latan Palm 2ltr outdoor foliage from the mountains of MadagascarThe Latania lontaroides is native to the Island of Reunion where it is now classified as endangered. A very ornamental palm with a rounded crown of large fan shaped stiff leaves. When young the leaves, petioles, leaf margins and veins are all tinged with a reddish colour. As they mature the leaves do lose this colour and turn to green, although it can take up to 15 years. The leaf stems and leaf margins do however retain the colour. The Red Latan Palm