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Nursery Direct
Florida Thatch Palm
Thrinax radiata
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
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The photo shows this species, not the individual plant reserved for you. Send us an enquiry and we usually reply within 1 business day with photos of the actual stock available in the size you want.
Request photosHow tall it arrives: 400mm about 1.5 to 2.5m, 90L about 1.5 to 2.5m, 160L about 2.5 to 3.5m, 300L about 3 to 4.5m. Heights vary with species and season. How pot sizes work
Getting it in: the largest size here needs about 1.2m of clear, level access. Measure the narrowest point on the route and tell us on the booking call. Standard access is included in the price, and anything unusual is quoted and agreed with you before work begins. What happens on installation day
Looking for a larger size?
Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
Send An EnquiryYou order. We do the rest.
After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Florida Thatch Palm (Thrinax radiata)
A refined tropical specimen built for coastal and warm-climate properties demanding character without compromise. Thrinax radiata delivers an architectural silhouette, slender trunk, arching fan fronds, deep green canopy, that reads with quiet authority in any prestige landscape.
Why Florida Thatch Palm
Architectural Form: Slender trunk and full, rounded canopy provide vertical interest and tropical elegance at a refined scale.
Coastal Resilience: Highly tolerant of salt spray, sandy soils, and coastal exposure. Purpose-built for beachside and waterfront projects.
Drought Tolerance: Once established, requires minimal irrigation. Well suited to low-maintenance prestige landscapes.
Wind & Heat Hardy: Performs reliably in exposed sites, warm climates, and full sun without compromising form.
Versatile Scale: Mature height of 3 to 6m makes it equally effective as a feature specimen or within curated palm compositions.
Ideal Applications
Poolside & Resort-Style Settings: Frames aquatic zones and outdoor entertaining spaces with effortless tropical presence.
Coastal & Waterfront Properties: Thrives in salt-laden environments where lesser palms fail to perform.
Courtyard & Entry Features: Contained scale suits high-impact planting in architecturally considered spaces.
Understory Compositions: Integrates effectively beneath taller canopy palms in layered tropical plantings.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (feature/avenue): 4 to 6m
Best Planting Season: Spring to early summer
Soil & Drainage: Well-drained sandy or loamy soil; highly tolerant of poor, alkaline, and saline soils; drought tolerant once established
Establishment Care: Water regularly for the first 6 to 12 months to establish a strong root system, then reduce to occasional deep watering. Avoid waterlogged conditions and apply a slow-release palm fertiliser in the growing season to support healthy frond development.
Plant Details
Height: 3 to 6m
Width: 3 to 4m
Growth Rate: Slow
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Native to: Caribbean, Florida, Central America
Flower Colour: White
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







