Chambeyronia macrocarpa | Red Flamethrower Palm (Seedling) cycas producing hundreds of slightly fragrant

producing hundreds of slightly fragrant white flowers

pinnate and feather-like

Cinnamon or Cinnamomum verum the 'True Cinnamon Tree' (as distinct from its doppelganger Cassia) is the famous bushy evergreen tree whose bark

also known as the 'Guatemalan Bird of Paradise' (though it is not a Strelitzia) is one of the most cold hardy of the Heliconias and grows to a height of 2-3 metres approx

Mature trees are tolerant of light frosts and have demonstrated success outdoors in the warmer parts of the Mediterranean with some protection

Chambeyronia macrocarpa | Red Flamethrower Palm (Seedling) cycas producing hundreds of slightly fragrantChambeyronia macrocarpa or Flame Thrower Palm is so called because new emerging leaves are often highly coloured in varying shades of red through purplish through to a bronzy colour. The colour does fade after a few weeks however with mature leaves being a deep bluish green. In its native habitat (New Caledonia), mature specimens can grow up to 5m tall with 8 10 large beautifully re curving feather leaves comprising of thick ,widely spaced shiny