Features and uses:

The Trachycarpus Fortunei, also called Chamaerops Excelsa, is a native palm tree of Asia, belonging to the arecaceae family.

Imported in Europe and around the world as an ornamental palm, it is used to decorate and make scenery in public gardens and public areas. It can be cultivated both in pots and on the ground, in the latter case its development will be greater.

A single stem characterizes the Chamaerops Excelsa, consisting of a lonely jewel marked by fallen leaves and covered with dense brown fibers. The persistent leaves are large, palm-shaped and rounded, of intense, shiny green color on the top, gray green on the page below.

The inflorescence appears in the summer, below the leaves and is of intense yellow color, and is gathered in voluminous cobs from which very ornamental gray-blue berries arise, containing only one seed in them.

The Trachycarpus Fortunei palm is not plentiful, but it only takes dry leaves once a year, tolerates drought well, it prefers positions in full sunlight, but it also fits in half shade. It is among the most resistant winter palms, it can also reach -20 ° C and also perfect for seaside areas.