{"product_id":"hydriastele-wendlandiana","title":"Hydriastele wendlandiana","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice includes everything:\u003c\/strong\u003e the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHydriastele wendlandiana\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis slender clustering feather palm comes from monsoon forest and creek margins across northern Australia and New Guinea, where \u003cem\u003eHydriastele wendlandiana\u003c\/em\u003e builds a colony of fine cane-like trunks instead of one heavy stem. Its leaflets are cut off square at the tips, giving the crown a ragged, feathered outline quite unlike the smooth arcs of a cocos or foxtail. Designers reach for it when a tall tropical vertical is wanted in a narrow bed, because the clump stays tight at the base for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Hydriastele wendlandiana\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClumping Habit\u003c\/strong\u003e: New suckers rise from the base over time, so a single plant matures into a multi-trunked stand with staggered heights.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFine Trunk Diameter\u003c\/strong\u003e: Stems stay around 5 to 8cm thick, which keeps the palm visually light even at full height.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRagged Leaflet Tips\u003c\/strong\u003e: The bluntly torn leaflet ends catch light differently through the day and give the crown a soft, shredded texture.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWaterside Tolerance\u003c\/strong\u003e: It grows naturally on stream banks and copes with soil that stays damp, provided the profile is not stagnant.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBird Attracting Fruit\u003c\/strong\u003e: Small red fruit follow the flowering arms and draw pigeons and other fruit eaters into the garden.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSheltered Courtyards\u003c\/strong\u003e: The narrow base fits a bed only a metre or two wide while the crown clears the surrounding walls.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRainforest Understorey Planting\u003c\/strong\u003e: Groups well beneath taller canopy trees where light arrives filtered rather than direct.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCreek and Pond Edges\u003c\/strong\u003e: Suited to the moist ground along water features and natural drainage lines.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTropical Screen Planting\u003c\/strong\u003e: Set in a row it builds a soft vertical curtain of trunks with foliage held high.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 to 2.5m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 4m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spring and summer in the tropics, late spring once soils warm in the subtropics\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Deep, humus rich and consistently moist with free drainage below; avoid dry sands and hard compacted clay\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water deeply two or three times a week through the first two summers, because this palm sulks badly once it dries out. Keep a 75mm leaf mulch pulled clear of the stems and feed with a palm fertiliser in spring and again in mid summer.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6 to 12m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 to 4m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Evergreen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Filtered light to part sun when young, full sun in humid coastal climates once established\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e Northern Australia (Northern Territory and far north Queensland) and New Guinea\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cream, insignificant\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":59795266732318,"sku":"ND-0971-400MM","price":850.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/BYHaHhmkX3fISa2KgRy36_IOsGRKXF.jpg?v=1787311624","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/hydriastele-wendlandiana","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}