Trachycarpus fortunei
Common name: Chinese fan palm
Useful cultivars and selections: –
USDA hardiness zone: 8
Mature height and spread: about 8 m tall
Form: single trunk, variable shape
Water use: medium
Soil requirements: well-drained
Leaf arrangement: spiral
Fall colour: evergreen
Flower/cone/fruit descriptions: not showy flowers, panicles can be up to 1 m long, fruit yellow then blue then black, kidney shaped drupe
Limitations: very expensive, difficult to get uniform appearance, doesn’t grow well in hot climates
Suitable uses: only palm that can be grown in Vancouver climate
ID description: very large palmate leaves about 3 ft wide, long petioles, 2 rows of spines
