INTRODUCTION

The European Fan Palm palm grows in clumps that can grow upwards of 15-feet. The popularity of the European Fan Palm has increased as has the demand for more cold-hardy palms. It can resist temperatures of 20-degrees F, and is drought resistant. The European Fan Palm forms small yellow flowers close to the trunk behind it’s leaf stems, which hide small yellow, brown, or orange fruits in autumn.

 

European Fan Palms are used mostly as border and accent plants. They grow best in moist rich soil, and very slowly in the shade. There are no pests or diseases which are a major concern to the European Fan Palm.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Botanical Name: Chamaerops Humilis
Pronunciation: ku-MEE-rops HEW-mil-liss
Common Name(s):European Fan Palm
Family: Palmae
USDA Hardiness Zones: 8B through 11
Planting month for zone 8: year round
Planting month for zone 9: year round
Planting month for zone 10 and 11: year round
Origin: not native to North America
Uses:specimen; container or above-ground planter; near a deck or patio; foundation; border; mass planting; accent; suitable for growing indoors
Availability: generally available in many areas within its
hardiness range

USE AND MANAGEMENT

By removing suckers from the base of the main trunk, this slightly salt-tolerant European Fan Palm may also be trained as a singletrunked palm. Since the leaf stalks are spiny, Fan Palm may also be used as a barrier, planted three to five feet apart. It makes a nice accent plant in a shrub border or in a low-growing groundcover. The European Fan Palmcan also be planted several feet apart in a mass on a large-scale landscape forming a fine-textured accent area. Growing best in moist rich soil, the European Fan Palm is drought and windresistant, and established plants will survive temperatures to 10- degrees F. or below, in full sun or light shade. The European Fan Palm grow very slowly in the shade.

Propagation is by seed or division.

 

PESTS

Scale may be a problem to the European Fan Palm.

DISEASES

No diseases are of major concern to the European Fan Palm

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