Jubaea chilensis Chilean wine palm

Our tallest Jubaea chilensis, Jane Stanford Way. Sairus Patel, 2 Nov 2022

Jubaea chilensis on Jane Stanford Way, near the Gates Building. John Rawlings, c. 2005

Trees for our descendants: Four Chilean wine palms planted 1999, which look like small Canary Island date palms, grow in the boot-shaped planting area between Jane Stanford Way and Campus Drive behind the Gates Building. If conditions suit them, these slow-growing palms might reach 50 feet someday. In 2020, three more were planted nearby, in the Chile themed garden in front of the ChEM-H Building, their short trunks hidden by dozens of spiky blue puya (Puya berteroniana) which surround them.