Butia eriospatha

Also known as the Butia eriospatha, this medium-sized palm is notable for its distinctive woolly spathes (the jelly part of its name refers to the types of food that can be made from its produce). To thrive in any British garden, it requires full sun, a sheltered position and well-drained soil. More

Butia eriospatha in the wild This website is brought to you by Nigel Kembrey More

Last year we had observed that Butia eriospatha was much greener than Butia capitata, this year we saw many beautiful green Butia eriospathas with smooth trunks, but we later saw some populations that were greyer and more similar in appearance to Butia capitata. I suspect that the bluer ones were growing at the lower end of the altitude band and received more sunshine. The flowers also varied from a red colour to a bright yellow. More