You can tell that one has been planted much smaller & grown to that size from how 'chunky' it is. They grow outwards before they go up. It looks much better & healthier than the imported trunked specimen in the other photopaulrm71 wrote:Yeah I suppose not height wise, but it has a nice thick trunk.....would have cost a packet to buy as well!
They never look as good as they are meant to over here though & I have never seen a trunked imported B. Yatay carry a full head of fronds... Always better to plant small imo.Rob S wrote:The trunked Butia is a Yatay and they do have a different look don't forget! Although it was indeed imported as a trunked plant i am told it was considerably smaller when it was planted over 10 years ago!