How do you care for a trachycarpus palm?

Care tips

1. Position: Partial shade or full sun.
2. Watering: Water regularly during growing season.
3. Hardiness: Frost hardy down to -9°C (mature plants can tolerate even lower temperatures).
4. Pruning: Remove lower leaves as they become brown or tatty.
5. Soil: Well-drained.

How big do trachycarpus fortunei grow?

It can grow to 20 metres but it may take 60 to 70 years to reach its full height. The fan palm leaves can reach up to 2 metres in length and can have straight or drooping tips as this can vary.

Are trachycarpus berries poisonous?

According to the American SPCA the fruit is not poisonous for dogs and cats. But if you are really worried, why not just cut the fruit off as it appears? Shouldn’t do the plant any harm.

How tall does windmill palm get?

40 feet
A very slow- growing palm, Windmill Palm can reach 40 feet in height but is often seen much smaller, 10 to 20 feet tall. Windmill Palm works well as a framing tree, accent, specimen, patio or urn subject. It is ideal for use as an accent in a shady shrub border or by a front entryway.

What kind of tree is a fortunei palm?

Details T. fortunei is a dioecious evergreen palm forming a small tree with a stout, fibre-covered trunk bearing a terminal tuft of deeply divided, fan-shaped dark green leaves to 1m in width, and large arching sprays of small, light yellow flowers.

What kind of flowers does Trachycarpus fortunei have?

Genus Trachycarpus are dioecious evergreen palms with stout, solitary stems bearing rounded leaves palmately divided into linear segments, with pendulous panicles of small flowers followed on female plants by globose fruits

How big does a chusan palm tree get?

Details T. fortunei is a dioecious evergreen palm forming a small tree with a stout, fibre-covered trunk bearing a terminal tuft of deeply divided, fan-shaped dark green leaves to 1m in width, and large arching sprays of small, light yellow flowers All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated.