Cold-Hardy Heliconia

10 seeds This little dwarf of a palm will grow slowly to a height of 10 to 12 feet. The solitary trunk is grotesquely swollen and looks as if it were cast in smooth grey concrete. The trunk is a rounded bulge in young specimens and gradually elongates and flattens somewhat as the palm matures. Bottle Palm is from Round Island, a tiny speck of land in the Indian Ocean which is part of the Mascarene Island group. There are said to be fewer than 15 specimens left in its native habitat, but Bottle Palm...