Scientific name: Trachycarpus fortunei

Common name:  Chinese fan palm

Family name: Arecaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 7

Mature height and spread: 5-10m tall, 2-3m wide

Form: vase, upright

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: simple. Spiralled (compound)

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: berry fruit; green to yellow to black and clustered. Panicle flowers; showy and yellow

Limitations: If cut off top, wont re-grow.

Suitable uses: Near ocean and in mild places. Tropical look.

Quick ID: evergreen. Tree. Asia. Simple. Spiraled. Fan-shaped leaves. Leaflets radiate around single point.