Coconut Cocos nucifera

Coconut (Cocos nucifera) is a palm grown for sweet water and white meat fruit. Suited to full sun and high light and free-draining, fertile compost, it reaches about Tall outdoors tropics; dwarf indoor types shorter with a 1–2 m indoors spread. Harvest in not practical for uk fruit for fresh eating and preserving.

  • Sun: Full sun and high light
  • Soil: Free-draining, fertile compost
  • Watering: High in growth; never waterlogged
  • Harvest: Not practical for UK fruit
  • Difficulty: Hard

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