Scientific Name: Trachycarpus fortunei
Common Name: Chinese windmill palm, Chusan palm
Family Name: Arecaceae
Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China
Hardiness Zone: Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C)
Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Size: 3 - 5m x 2 - 3m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Vase
Texture: Very coarse
Landscape Uses: Accent plant, Shade tree, Specimen plant
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Compound, Spiraled, Leathery, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Digitate (palmate), Linear, Entire
Flowers: Panicle, Yellow, Green-yellow, Jun-Jul
Fruit: Drupe, Blue, Black, Aug-Sep, (Persistent)
Key ID Features:
Hardy palm to several meters tall with fibrous bark; leaves large, fan-shaped; fruit blue, berry-like, in large clusters.