Description
The trunk normally reaches 12 to 15 feet with a diameter of 1 to 1.5 feet.
The color of leaves from the Butia capitata range from light green to bluish gray. This particular palm produces a bright orange fruit.
These palms vary in form. Specimens raised in dry and/or infertile soils tend to be smaller in stature. Light also affects the plant's form while those grown in full sun are more compact.

Location
All members of the Butia species are native to the grasslands, dry woodlands and savannahs of South America. Populations range across a wide area of northern Argentina, southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Usages
This palm is good for urban plantings and can also be grown at the beach behind dunes.

Features
This is one of the most cold-hardy - and one of the most beautiful - of the feather palms. Butia capitata can withstand temperatures down to at least -10C and, possibly, lower still. Mature plants have a stout trunk topped by a thick crown of large, graceful, downward-curving leaves, each leaf measuring 2 meters or more in length. You should aim to plant Butia capitata in well-drained soil in full sun. The species can tolerate clay or lime soil, though it is strongly recommended that you should 'improve' heavy soil by the addition of plenty of grit and organic matter such as compost, peat or coir fiber.

Our Different Species:

Acrocomia aculeata
Arecastrum romanzoffianum
Butia capitata
Butia yatay
Copernicia alba


Cycas revoluta
Phoenix canariensis
Phoenix roebelenii
Trithrinax campestris
 
Butia capitata