| Other Name(s): |
AKA European Fan Palm |
| Category: |
Shrub/Small tree |
| Class: |
Perennial |
| Form: |
Single- to multiple-trunked single- to multiple-trunked with an upright irregular form |
| Bloom Color: |
Yellow |
| Bloom Season: |
Spring |
| Fruit: |
Dark yellow, orange or brown fruits that ripen in fall |
| Foliage: |
Huge, distinctive, triangular, fine-textured, palmate-compound leaves are ornamentally attractive. Each leaf (to 24" long and as wide) has 10 - 20 narrow, finger-like, deeply divided leaflets which are arranged in the shape of a fan at the end of a spiny petiole (leaf stalk to 3 - 4 ft. long), hence the common name of fan palm. Leaves are variable in both color (light blue green to silver green) and shape (shrub to small tree) |
| Trunk: |
Huge, distinctive, triangular, fine-textured, palmate-compound leaves are ornamentally attractive. E |
| Height: |
6 ft. - 15 ft. |
| Spread: |
6 ft. - 20 ft. |
| Hardiness: |
Zones 9 to 11 |
| Light Requirements: |
Full sun to partial shade |
| Water Usage: |
Medium |
| Native Range: |
Native to rocky hills and mountains of the western Mediterranean Basin from Africa’s Atlas Mountains in Morocco, Algeria and Tunesia to Spain, Portugal, France and Italy. |
| Propagation: |
Seed |
| Photographer: |
William Khoury |
| Bed(s): |
TREES - 1 Plant; |