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Madagascar Palm

Pachypodium obesum

Apocynaceae
Shrub
Ornamental
Evergreen
Attracts pollinators

About this plant

Pachypodium obesum, the Madagascar Palm, is an evergreen shrub in the Apocynaceae family, valued as an ornamental plant. It requires full sun and low water conditions, growing to a height of 1–3 meters. This plant prefers sandy, loamy, or chalky soil and is suitable for USDA zones 9–11. It blooms with white and pink flowers from May to July and attracts pollinators.

Light

Full sun

Watering

Low water

Soil

Sandy, Loamy, Chalky

Height

1–3 m

Spread

1–2 m

Zones

9–11

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