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Nursery Direct
Solitaire Palm (Multi-Stem)
Ptychosperma elegans
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
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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. Heights vary with species and season. How pot sizes work
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Solitaire Palm (Multi-Stem) - Ptychosperma elegans
Ptychosperma elegans is a slender Queensland rainforest palm with a smooth grey ringed trunk, a clean green crownshaft and a small, neat crown of arching pinnate fronds. Grown normally it is single-trunked, which is where the name comes from; planted as a multi-stem it delivers three or more trunks of staggered heights in one root ball, so you get a layered clump effect from day one instead of waiting a decade. It is the standard choice for narrow tropical plantings because the crown is small enough not to dominate.
Why Solitaire Palm
Staggered trunk heights: The multi-stem form gives varied trunk heights in one plant, reading as a natural rainforest clump.
Slim footprint: Trunks are only around 10 to 15cm thick and the crown stays compact, so it fits beside a path or in a light well.
Australian native: Comes from coastal Queensland rainforest, so it suits subtropical east coast conditions well.
Self-cleaning fronds: Spent fronds drop cleanly rather than hanging in a skirt, which cuts maintenance.
Red fruit display: Cream flowers are followed by dense bunches of bright red fruit that colour up through the warm months.
Ideal Applications
Narrow side gardens: The slim crown works in a two metre wide strip between a fence and a wall.
Pool and courtyard feature: A clump in a raised bed gives instant height without a heavy canopy.
Entry statement: Set against a rendered wall the ringed trunks read as vertical lines.
Tropical understorey layering: Combines with philodendron, cordyline and ginger beneath a taller canopy.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 2 to 2.5m between clumps for a continuous palm screen
Spacing (feature/avenue): 3 to 4m
Best Planting Season: Spring through summer while soil is warm; avoid planting in cool weather
Soil & Drainage: Rich, moisture-retentive but free-draining soil; responds strongly to organic matter
Establishment Care: Keep the root zone evenly moist through the first two summers, as this palm dislikes drying out completely. Mulch thickly with composted material and shelter young plants from strong wind, which shreds the fronds and spoils the outline.
Plant Details
Height: 8 to 10m for the tallest trunk in a clump
Width: 2 to 3m crown spread
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun once established, part shade while young; frost tender
Native to: Coastal Queensland rainforest and New Guinea
Flower Colour: Cream, followed by red fruit
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.







