Roystonea Regia Royal Palm

Tall attractive palm. Trunk single, massive, bulging slightly towards the middle, concrete-grey with closely-spaced rings. Crownshaft glossy green, smooth and up to 2m in length, topped by crown of leaf fronds. Fronds simple, pinnately-compound (feather-like), up tp 3m long, plumose and rather tangled appearance. Dead leaves are self-pruning and fall off plant as single whole fronds.Flowers cream-coloured, small, unisexual, separate male and female flowers on same plant, clustered in threes with female flower in between 2 much larger male flowers.