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Nursery Direct
Variegated Lady Palm
Rhapis excelsa ‘Variegated’
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.
Supplied in 400mmtypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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Request photosGetting it in: this size needs about 900mm of clear 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
Variegated Lady Palm, Rhapis excelsa 'Variegated'
One of the most refined palms available, Rhapis excelsa 'Variegated' delivers rare, cream-and-green striped foliage with a sculptural clumping form that few plants can match. Equally at home in a prestige interior or a shaded exterior landscape, it commands attention without demanding maintenance.
Why Variegated Lady Palm
Rare Variegated Foliage: Bold cream-and-green striped fronds provide year-round visual distinction unavailable in the standard species.
Exceptional Shade Tolerance: One of the few palms that performs with genuine vigour in low to indirect light, opening up sites where most specimens struggle.
Clumping, Non-Invasive Habit: Forms a dense, upright multi-stem structure that holds its form over time without encroaching on surrounding planting.
Interior and Exterior Versatility: Transitions seamlessly between climate-controlled interiors, covered terraces, and protected outdoor landscapes.
Low Maintenance at Scale: Minimal intervention required once established; no aggressive pruning, no invasive root systems to manage.
Ideal Applications
Prestige Interior Planting: A definitive specimen for hotel lobbies, corporate atria, and high-end residential interiors where botanical impact is non-negotiable.
Covered Terraces and Pavilions: Delivers lush structure in shaded outdoor living areas, rooftop terraces, and entertainer spaces.
Understorey Layering: Integrates with ease beneath established canopy trees in tropical or subtropical landscape compositions.
Feature Container Planting: Suited to oversized statement planters on podiums, balconies, and curated entry sequences where ground planting is not possible.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 1 to 1.5m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 1.5 to 2.5m
Best Planting Season: Spring to early summer
Soil & Drainage: Well-drained, fertile soil with good moisture retention; tolerates a range of soil types but dislikes waterlogging
Establishment Care: Water regularly during the first 12 months to establish a strong root system, keeping soil consistently moist but not saturated. Apply a slow-release fertiliser in spring and a layer of organic mulch to retain moisture and regulate soil temperature.
Plant Details
Height: 1.5 to 3m
Width: 1 to 2m
Growth Rate: Slow
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Partial shade
Native to: Southern China
Flower Colour: Cream
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.







