Bluewater Palms sits amid lush tropical gardens in Bluewater, just north of Townsville. Our family retail business provides a wide variety of tropical plants but mostly an extensive range of palms. All of the palms have been propagated from seeds produced on the property.
Catering mostly to homeowners in and around Townsville, our palms and cycads are available in everything from small pots to 100-litre bags. These plants are great for landscaping gardens and pool areas. With more than 40 years’ experience in palms, business owner Valerie will give friendly advice on planting and assist in the planning and layout of your yard.
If you are looking to stock your garden with plants appropriate to North Queensland, or want to highlight your garden with a rare palm, you can’t go past Bluewater Palms garden centre and nursery.
Palm trees are synonymous with North Queensland’s tropical climate, sunny beaches and landscaped gardens. Bluewater Palms are experts on the many species available. One of the earliest flowering plants, palms can be recognised by their fronds or trunks. Most fronds are either palmate (fan-like fronds) or pinnate (feather-like leaves).
Trunks can also stand out for their shape or appearance. Some taller palms have long, slender trunks while dwarf varieties can be short and fat. Trunks can be single or clustered, with three or four trunks growing together. Some have no real trunk at all, consisting of bushy pinnate growing out of the ground.
One of the reasons palms make such great ornamental plants is the trunks can also have a ringed or bumpy appearance, while trunks covered in fibre or husks look hairy or spiky.
With our assistance, you can find the right palm for your garden.
A collection of seeds sought from around the world provided the basis for Bluewater Palms, which now has North Queensland’s most extensive collection of palms.
Bluewater Palms takes the stress out of your plant choice with expert advice, and all palms have been grown on site to suit Townsville conditions.
Peruse Bluewater Palms’ range of palms and tropical plants to find the look you’re after. Then visit our nursery to make your dream a reality.
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