Xanthorrhoea latifolia

[philinsydney]

Mine has finally flowered after ten years.

[Tom in Tucson]

Do you know of any tough and drought hardy species of Xanthorrhoea?

Hi 107˚, Lo 76˚

[philinsydney]

1 hour ago, Tom in Tucson said:

Do you know of any tough and drought hardy species of Xanthorrhoea?

Hi 107˚, Lo 76˚

Just looking at their distribution, X. australis and X. preissii seem to be native to hotter and drier areas. I don't think any live in the most extreme deserts in Australia.

[philinsydney]

1 hour ago, Tom in Tucson said:

Do you know of any tough and drought hardy species of Xanthorrhoea?

Hi 107˚, Lo 76˚

I just found another: X. thorntonii which grows in central Australia in arid conditions. Probably hard to source, though.

[tropicbreeze]

Xanthorrhoea thorntonii and X quadrangularis are desert dwellers. Thorntonii grows from south west of Alice Springs through the Gibson and Victoria Deserts into WA. Quadrangularis is a bit further south but in the desert areas of north east South Australia.

X. glauca is from the semi arid parts of the eastern states. I've never seen any of these any of these arid growing species for sale.

Xanthorrhoea thorntonii

[Meangreen94z]

I had small Xanthorrhoea glauca. They did ok in our summers and winters but eventually rotted during wet cold