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This species is DEFINITELY more rain and moisture hardy than Washingtonia Fillifera but is much less cold hardy. The northernmost place i...Read More
In nor-cal I've seen them growing as far north as rio dell and Redding, seen them get snow dusted and hail with out damage. Sometimes tre...Read More
Washingtonia robusta is one of my favorite plants. It does not survive bedded-out in the garden in my climate Zone 8a, but I have been gr...Read More
This handsome species is commonly grown in Florida. Unfortunately, though most palms are among the most wind-resistant of trees, this spe...Read More
Vigorous, fast growing with attractive reddish leaf bases, this palm gives the signature "Hollywood Californian" look. For this reason, t...Read More
This is how Washingtonia most-likely-robusta does in the Azores:
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We bought a house last fall because of the backyard, it is gorgeous! There were 8 palms in the yard, we removed 2 small ones because ther...Read More
Can someone help me? I planted two of these palms about a week ago by my pool in Houston, TX.... They now look dead and the leaves are ha...Read More
This palm, along with the hybrid variety (Mexican/California Fan mix) are very common in St. George, Utah,
the climate here is ve...Read More
I agree with GardenSox. I have a friend who has one of these palms in her yard. Last spring she planted a new lawn, and now there are h...Read More
My next door neighbor has a mature Washingtonia robusta right next to our property line. It is probably 50 or 60 feet tall at this point...Read More
This palm is common in Southwest Florida, becoming increasingly so as you head north up the coast. Does well here but lightning, humidi...Read More
About ten years ago, my husband and I purchased a goodly-sized double Washingtonia palm and had it placed by heavy equipment into our bac...Read More
Anybody who doesn't like these palms should be banned from all garden boards!-kidding. But,they are truly misunderstood palms,giving a tr...Read More
winter 2010 killed my beautiful 15 year specimen . Now all i have is a fat dead trunk . My california fan palm sailed through last winter...Read More
Can be invasive and hard to get rid of. Every summer I am always digging up dozens of these because they can break through walls and foun...Read More
I don't know who is growing this plant in Dallas without a electric blanket wrapped around it. I mistakenly bought 4 last year to add a l...Read More
There are always several of these poking up on the horizon in So Cal. They are at their most spectacular lining streets in rows 100 feet ...Read More
I am in a Zone 8A (Orangeburg county, SC) perhaps ~50 miles south of the old USDA Zone 7B border.
I planted a 8 ft. tall W...Read More
Our palms have grown like mad over the past 7 years in the Houston area, but we had a 4 day freeze this year where temps got down to the ...Read More
Mexican fan palms in central SC struggle with our cold frosty winters. Fronds are usually dead and unsightly by Dec, and they grow slowl...Read More
A very popular palm tree in Houston-area. It grows quite quickly, I see that many people have expressed doubt against that -- this palm ...Read More
Three years ago, I purchased a three-foot Mexican palm at Walmart for $13. Planted it in the ground about six feet from a stone wall. O...Read More
I just planted a young mexican fan plant a few feet from my pool. I have been hearing all sides to this tree (very easy, non-invasive ro...Read More
Bought one from flowerworld in maltby, wa and didn’t realize it had a fungal infection. the trunk bent at the side and shriveled slight...Read More
I have six Mexican Fan Palms in my yard in Las Vegas, NV. They have been in the ground about three years and all but one are doing well....Read More
The Netherlands , Province Overijssel Zone 6B to 8a
The Robusta is more resistent to high humidity cold and is a very fast...Read More
I bought a Mexican Fan Palm last summer, and it lasted through the winter, but it hasn't grown as fast as people are saying they grow. I ...Read More
I have two so far in Vancouver, Washongton. They are growing fast and seem to like it here. I'll keep yall updated on how things go
I have had a Mexican Fan Palm growing in a pot here in Colorado for about 5 years. So far it is still small (under 5 feet) and does not s...Read More
We have grown this one in a container and moved indoors during the winters, but it had grown to big to move. I decided to just get anothe...Read More
Contrary to what Palm Bob has written Mexican Fans do grow very tall in Miami and the rest of Florida (I have seen some SoCal sized Robus...Read More
I have two in my yard in addition to many many other palms. Here in Miami, they grow like crazy even if you neglect them. I LOVE plants...Read More
I recently purchased three young Mexican fan pallms at a nursery here in zone 7b Oklahoma City and planted them in my front yard in mid-M...Read More
In Brownsville, Texas these palms seed readily and naturally. They are also valuable to our area as cavity sites for Red-Crowned Parrots...Read More
My young palms died back last winter and I thought that I had lost them but in the spring, they started turning green again. Mine are on...Read More
We planted a Mexican Fan Palm about 7 years ago. It is now about 50' tall and we have had no problem with seeds or seedlings does need an...Read More
In Clearwater, Florida the Washingtonia grows quite well. I grew up on Palmview Ave. Contrary to what Palmbob writes there are over a doz...Read More
If you go to Riverside, California, you can see that these palms get very tall. And are actually beautiful when planted along streets, es...Read More
These palms do great in central California where the summers are hot (100+ degrees F.) and winters moderate (occasional freezing at night...Read More
Clipping the dried out ends will not harm the plant.
This Palm is a Full Sun Creature, You would need overhead lighting, if not a...Read More
They drop black seeds everywhere..and whatever you do..never plant near a swimming pool....
This is the third year for my Mexican Fan Palm. I have never protected it here in Dallas, Texas and it always comes back. It is doing g...Read More
This is my first time with this plant in Murfreesboro, TN I have outdoor heat floodlamps on each plant, they stand four feet tall. I'll...Read More
I know these are common palms in southern California, but when they get really tall like in the picture of them at the pond in the Los An...Read More
Have several of these in my yard in the Puget Sound area of Washington state. Started out as gallon can size, now tall enough that you c...Read More
Also popular in southwest Florida (U.S.), where it's one of our more popular large landscape palms, partly because it's fast growing and...Read More
Self-sows to the point of being a weed, but nothing says "southern California" like a Mexican fan palm.
This is one of the hardier and faster growing palms. I believe the picture of California Fan Palm is actualy a Mexican Fan Palm because o...Read More