Buy Trachycarpus Fortunei Windmill Palm Tree - The Ultimate Low Maintenance Exotic Garden Addition
- Common name:
- Windmill Palm, Chusan Palm, Chinese Windall Palm
- Category:
- Palms and Cycads
- Family:
- Palmae or Coconut family
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade
- Water:
- Normal, Can tolerate more
- Primarily grown for:
- Foliage
- Flowering season:
- Flowers are inconspicuous
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- Yellow
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- More than 12 meters
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 2 to 4 meters
- Plant Form:
- Upright or Erect
- Special Character:
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- Indigenous (native to India)
- Thorny or Spiny
- Suitable for road median planting
- Suitable for avenue planting
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Plant Description:
- - A very cold hardy palm that can even tolerate snow. This makes it the choice palm for landscaping in Europe.
- Nation China and India.
- After Robert Fortune, collector in china.
- The trunk grow 40 ft tall.
- Dark green fan shaded leaves 3 ft diameter.
- 18 - 24 inch long petioles.
- Slender trunk covered with perststent but loosely arranged dark brown fibre.
- Leaf sheath fibers used for making garment, brooms brushes door mats.
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Growing tips:
- - Hardy palm.
- Regular and adequate moisture.
- Full sun light.
- Decent soil.
- Protected from high winds.