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Washingtonia robusta
Mexican Fan Palm, Mexican Washingtonia
Origin: Coastal Southern United States (Atlantic, Pacific) and Spain.
| Family |
| Arecaceae |
| Genus |
| Washingtonia |
| Species |
| robusta |
| Category |
| Tropicals, Woody |
| Type |
| Tree (evergreen) |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 8b - 10 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cool season protection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H3 - H5 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -10 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 15 |
| Height |
| 25 - 31 m |
| Spread |
| 3 - 5 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| Urban or street tree in southern/warm and dry climates, in mass plantings or as a specimen. |
| Cultivation |
| Plant in dry, well-draining loamy to sandy soil in full sun. Can tolerate a wide variety of soils which makes it a great hardy urban or street tree. |
| Shape |
| Upright. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| Habitat |
| Dry open desert savannahs. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Coarse, woody light tan palm bark. Solitary trunk spanning approximately 0.3 - 0.6 m thick. |
| Leaf Description |
| The leaves have a petiole up to 1 m long, and a palmate fan of sage green to yellowish-green leaflets up to 1 m long and 1 m wide. Matured and dead fronds hang down like a 'hula skirt'-like canopy below healthy live fronds. |
| Flower Description |
| Inflorescences up to 3 m long with numerous small, pale orange-pink flowers. |
| Fruit Description |
| Spherical bluish-black drupes, 6 - 8 mm diameter; edible, though thin-fleshed. |
| Texture Description |
| Coarse. |
| Propagation |
| Seed. |
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