Mediterranean Fan Palm
Chamaerops humilis. ARECACEAE (PALMAE).
Planting and Growing Mediterranean Fan Palm
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow Mediterranean fan palm in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and fruit of Mediterranean fan palm
- Growing conditions for Mediterranean fan palm
- When to plant Mediterranean fan palm
- How to plant Mediterranean fan palm
- How to prune Mediterranean fan palm
- Watering, fertilizing, and care of Mediterranean fan palm
- Landscape uses of Mediterranean fan palm
- Pest and disease control for Mediterranean fan palm
Growing Mediterranean Fan Palm Trees
Several cultivars of slow-growing, round-headed, evergreen palms, to 10–20 ft. (3–6 m) tall and wide, with shiny, fanlike, radiating, blue green, stiff leaves, 2–3 ft. (60–90 cm) wide, on woody stalks armed with sharp spines. Develops offsets.
Common cultivars include Chamaerops humilis ‘Canariensis’ and ‘Robusta’.
Mediterranean Fan Palm Planting Guide
Flowers and Fruit
Inconspicuous to small white flowers, in spring–summer, form fleshy, round, datelike fruit in autumn–winter, varying in size.
Best Climates
U.S.D.A. Plant Hardiness Zones 6–11. Hardy.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist to dry, well-drained soil. Fertility: Average–low. 6.5–8.0 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Full sun to partial shade. Space 8–12 ft. (2.4–3.7 m) apart.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep damp until established; drought tolerant thereafter. Avoid fertilizing to slow growth. Prune to remove dried leafstalks at trunk. Heat, wind tolerant. Propagate by seed, suckers.
About This Species
Good choice for accents, barriers, containers, fencelines, groups, screens, or specimens in arid, seaside, or tropical gardens or lawns. Good for desert, tropical effects. Pest and disease resistant.