European Fan Palm Tree

$173.46

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Most Versatile Cold-Hardy Palm for Atlanta and North.

Besides adding an instant tropical appeal, European Fan Palms are cold-hardy down to 20°F with short drops to 10°F, drought-tolerant, resistant to pests and diseases, slow-growing and don’t require much in the way of maintenance to look fabulous. The palm also graces the landscape with its year-round lush greenery and deep green color, upgrading any landscape with its striking beauty.

The European Fan Palm was awarded the Horticulturist Award for Garden Merit because of its availability, adaptability, ease of growing, pest resistance, and outstanding beauty. It gets its praise not only because of its unique look resembling a sculpture, but also because it is so easy to care for.

Medium in size, European Fan Palms slowly grow to a mature height of 8-15 ft and 6-10 ft wide. They are sure to stand out in the landscape with their bushy canopies of fan-shaped fronds filled with finger-like and deeply divided leaflets. Each blue-green or grayish-green frond grows around 2 feet long and wide and is attached to a leaf stalk that is around 4 feet long.

Its brown curving trunks are part of its appeal, they resembles a pine cone as they’re lined from top to bottom with scales. As the palm matures it develops multiple trunks, or it can be trained to become a single trunk specimen. As if that were not enough, panicles of bright yellow flowers that bloom in spring. The spent flowers develop into small round orange or yellow fruits that ripen to brown in fall

European Fan Palms have evolved to survive the hot dry summers and cooler winters in Europe, making them perfect for places with mild winters and hot summers. It is no wonder the European Fan Palm won the Garden Merit award, as it is a medium sized, easy maintenance beauty that will adapt and look good in almost any landscape.