Brahea brandegeei

From mountains of southern Baja California and across the water in northwestern Mexico. Slow growing to 30 ft or more with a thatched trunk and 10ft crown. The fronds are semi-circular and the deepest blue-gray, greener above. Surprisingly frost hardy for its mild habitat, these plants have withstood temperatures in the mid to upper teens F, though briefly, in areas of high summer heat and well drained soil. Our plant in the ground is still very young and we doubt its permanent hardiness in western Oregon except along the immediate coast. We do find it, however, to be a fabulous pot specimen worth long periods of staring. Frost hardy in mid to upper USDA zone 8.