Like Mexican fan palm, it often self sows, ... Whether they get planted intentionally or simply appear in the landscape, these and other large palms are expensive, ...

We have a palm tree, perhaps a Mexican fan palm, that was planted close to a wall and I have to move it because the wall is damaged. I'm guessing the palm was planted 10-15 years ago.

With a little careful planning, biodiversity can be created when a new landscape is designed or increased if correct plants ...

Palm trees are an iconic feature of the Southern California landscape, but most people may not know that the vast majority of them are actually not native to the region.

Mexican and California fan palms get 60 (California fan palm) to 100 feet tall (Mexican fan palm). There are other palms that stay smaller than this and are better suited to residential landscapes.

Mexican fan palms are towering icons, reaching 90 feet. As their name implies, the leaves look like fans — or the palms of our hands. By some accounts, they can live for hundreds of years.

There is a reason the Mexican fan palm’s Latin name is Washingtonia robusta. ... There is a place in the landscape for these trees where they can work aesthetic magic.

The pindo palm (or jelly palm), Butia capitata, has blue-grey feather-shaped fronds. It is also very cold hardy and will produce edible fruit that can be made into jam or jelly. This palm is slow ...

A reader surprised me with an inquiry about a mature Mexican fan palm dying suddenly here in Napa. A possible cause came to mind, as I saw one dying of a fairly common disease — pink rot — a ...

We can only speculate what influenced Arthur John Mathews, the Tempe Normal School’s first president (1904-1930) to introduce the Mexican Fan Palm to the campus in dramatic fashion.

Sitting under a swaying palm tree, sipping an exotic drink with a tiny umbrella in the glass, and to think you are in your back yard and not miles and Palms add exotic feel to outside space | Home ...

5. Palms damage hardscape. A small fan palm today is a monster tomorrow because Washingtonias grow so fast. Damage to masonry is not so much the roots, but the rapid growth and expanding diameter.