This feathery palm has a smooth green trunk that forms a prominent silvery-blue crown shaft with strongly arching divided fronds that are composed of rich green lanced-shaped leaflets. The yellow flowers appear on a broom-like inflorescence.

Hardiness zones 10 to 11

Hedyscepe canterburyanais naturally found on Lord Howe Island growing on the cliff faces and adjoining land around the coast at an altitude up to 700 m (2,200ft). The climate is temperate with constant cloud mists maintaining a high moisture content and the soils are sandy-stony. It prefers a protected sunny position and is frost and drought tender.

Umbrella Palm is an attractive slow growing palm that is planted in coastal gardens as a specimen or in group plantings for a tropical effect. It is also grown in containers in protected areas or as a glasshouse specimen for cold climates. It establishes from seed in 3 to 5 years and is long lived.

Note:
This palm prefers a slightly cooler environment and is suitable to Sydney and Auckland.

Hedyscepe(hed-ih-SEE-pee) canterburyana(kan-ter-bur-ee-AY-nuh)

Arecaceae(ar-ek-AY-see-ee)     
(Palmae)
Palm Family