Chrysalidocarpus (Dypsis) baronii x ‘Red Petiole’

Palms are generally heavy feeders, so if you want them growing quickly and looking their best, they should be fertilized at least three times a year. Fertilizing at spring equinox, summer solstice and fall equinox will allow for a winter rest. Be sure to feed your palm with a fertilizer that contains micronutrients, especially if you see yellowing leaves or yellow spots on the leaves. Be sure your palm fertilizer contains micronutrients, particularly magnesium.

Suckering palms like this one send out additional palm trunks from the base of the palm over time, so that you'll end up with multiple trunks on one palm. This palm usually sends out less than ten suckers and occasionally none at all. If you want fewer trunks, go ahead and thin out the suckers; just be sure to do it when they are young to avoid unsightly scarring later on.

Once it's mature, this palm will naturally shed its leaves, leaving the trunk below the palm's crown exposed. A great choice if you're looking for a palm with a clean trunk but don't want to deal with manually removing the leaves.

With leaves growing in a single plane along most of the rachis, the feather palm has an elegant look to it.