Chamaerops Humilis Cerifera Blue Mediterranean Fan Palm Plants

Cerifera is a variety of the deer resistant european fan palm that hails from the atlas mountains of morocco where it grows up to 5 400 elevation.

Chamaerops humilis cerifera blue mediterranean fan palm plants.

Hard to find it is very worthy of a prominent position in a patio planter or the garden itself. Blue mediterranean fan palm will grow to be about 15 feet tall at maturity with a spread of 15 feet. Chamaerops humilis cerifera english name. Even as small seedlings the cerifera forms show a distinct blue blush so don t fall for that.

It may also be known as var argentea. Chamerops humilis cerifera hardy blue fan palm this new hardy palm adds a new colour dimension to exotic and tropcial gardening with its steel blue grey fan palm foliage. No pruning is required. They are similarly robust taking when established any degree of drought or wind and are if anything slightly more hardy to cold than their plain green cousins.

Chamaerops humilis cerifera blue mediterranean fan palm plants. The blue mediterranean fan palm is almost as variable as the plain species in terms of colour habit and size. It grows at a slow rate and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years. But now i know better.

It has a low canopy and is suitable for planting under power lines. This is a blue grey variety of the species and is slightly more robust. This plant seems to be more sensitive to overhead watering than a normal chamaerops though even those can rot from being watered overhead. It can be stemless or multi trunked with up to 8 trunks as it usually suckers from the base of the main trunk.

Our clumps planted in 2004 are now 3 tall x 3 wide and survived our cold 2013 2014 winter losing only the old foliage. European fan palm dwarf fan palm european fan palm african hair palm among the hardiest palms chamaerops humilis european fan palm is a bushy evergreen palm forming a medium sized rounded shrub or a small tree. They are perfect companion plants for the hardier succulents like yucca dasylirion and nolina. It appears to be able to tolerate more moisture and lower temperatures than the standard variety.

Chamaerops humilis var cerifera blue mediterranean fan palm the next palm that i desperately want is chamaerops humilis var cerifera. A 1 gal plant should be quite blue or it s not this form. A very exciting addition to our range of hardy palms this beautiful palm from the high atlas mountains of morocco develops highly ornamental pale blue leaves. The final height of the plant is between 1 5 m 2 5 m 4 9 ft 8 2 ft and the final width is between 1m 1 5m 3 2 ft 4 9 ft.

Blue mediterranean fan palm morrocan fan palm blue leaves species. Instead of green foliage like the species this variety has powder blue foliage with silver undersides similar to brahea armata.