Showing posts with label Mediterranean Fan Palms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mediterranean Fan Palms. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Bigger IS Better


We haven't harvested any Mediterranean Fan Palms, Chamerops humilis, for a month or six weeks.  What a happy surprise we had, when we saw how they have grown during their period of neglect!   Each has a heavy main trunk with 3 feet or more of clear trunk.  Most have one or two other trunks with substantial size.  Overall height is somewhere between 5 and 6 feet.   Still just $75 each - well, at least until January.

We have 24 on the yard.  They'd make a great Christmas gift, don't you think?  Give us a call if you need some!

Monday, November 2, 2009

A New Favorite Palm Combination

A visit to the Alamo has given me a new favorite palm combination -  a Windmill Palm, Trachycarpus fortuneii, flanked on both sides by Mediterranean Fan Palms, Chamerops humilis.   This side of the Alamo is landscaped with beautiful tropicals -  and the Windmill/Med Fan combination is repeated periodically across the planting bed.  

I had not been to the Alamo in many years and was so very impressed with the grounds.  Absolutely gorgeous!