Chinese Fan Palm Tree
The Chinese Fan Palm Tree, scientific name Livistonia chinensis, is getting very popular in Florida landscapes. It is also great for indoors and can be used as a houseplant. The Chinese Fan Palm is also known as Chinese Fountain Palm and Fountain Palm. It is native to China and southern Japan.
Growth Rate: Slow
Height: up to 20 – 30ft
Light Req: full sun to partial shade
Water Req: moderate
Cold Tolerance: down to 15F
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Chinese Fan Palm Description
In its native habitat Chinese Fan Palm can grow up to 50ft tall, but in cultivation it usually doesn’t get taller than 20-30ft. Livistonia chinensis has a single straight grey-brown trunk ringed with old leaf scars. It is slightly swollen at the base, about 17-18 inches in diameter.
Trunk is topped with an evergreen dense crown of palmate, or fan shaped, leaves that droop downward creating fountain-like effect. Large, partially segmented leaves can grow up to 5ft long and 5ft wide, and range from bluish green to glossy olive green in color. The petioles are armed with sharp thorns.
The Chinese Fan Palm produces yellow-cream flowers that are held by, shorter than the leaves, inflorescence. Flowers are bisexual, male and female flowers grow on the same plant. Flowers are followed by small, oval fruits 1 inch long. Green fruits turn dark blue to blue-gray when ripe.
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Growing Chinese Fan Palm
It’s a slow growing palm that can get 30 feet tall. It will grow faster if fertilized. It’s cold hardy and can tolerate cold up to 15F. It likes full sun or partial shade. Chinese Fan Palm tolerates drought very well. It produces greyish-blue fruits around 1″ long.
On this picture you can see palms that are too big for the pot and need to be transplanted into the yard.
Chinese Fan Palm Propagation
Propagated by seeds.
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A lot of palm trees die from fertilizer root burn and nutritional deficiencies. To avoid these problems, use fertilizer that has continues release formula, which feeds your palm tree for few months, rather than using a cheap fertilizer that will wash away after 2-3 rains.
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