Kingdom Plantae Family Arecaceae Scientific name Washingtonia filibusta | Order Arecales Genus Washingtonia Rank Species | |
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Similar Yucca baccata subsp ve, Yucca glauca subsp str, Yucca angustissima subsp ka, Hesperaloe campanulata, Yucca arizonica | ||
Washingtonia filibusta 2016 10 01
Washingtonia filibusta is a hybrid of the species W. filifera and W. robusta. Stores do not sell purebreds, they sell the hybrid only. The hybrid does not look too different from the purebred, but is more hardy to cold than the robusta, especially wet cold.
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This palm has been planted in select microclimates in the Seattle, WA and Portland, Oregon area with promising results.
Growing washingtonia filibusta palms hybrid
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Washingtonia filibusta Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA