Seventeen bucks is all they charged for that size/species???? 😯

(mumble mumble) Are we Canadians ever getting ripped off!
That'd be $50 or $60 here easily, if we could find it.

(blood pressure levels off again)

Has a hint of blue ... could it be a Chamaerops humilis "cerifera"?
which would make it a Blue Mediterranean 😛 😛 😛

Good shopping!

Suckers soon to be cut off. Just want a single truck version of this one.

Tip: just make a clean cut flush with the outside of the palm trunk.
Don't dig into the trunk with knife.

Try to root the suckers by dipping an inch into rooting hormone.
Just mist the soil very lightly, and do not water sucker for, say, a month, keeping it cool near a window but not full sun.

Didn't work for me, but no harm in trying.

Barb

Wow, good price for the palm!
Looks very nice

Thanks Godfryd,

couldn't just let it sit there all by itself like it was!

Palms Won't Grow here author David A Francko Said in his book that Chinese Fan Palms could be considered a "die back perennial" for zone 5ers.

So...since the area Walmart's seem to have a endless supply of these coming in, fur just $15 I thought I would give it a try. Bought this one today to keep until warmer weather arrives this spring to plant it...and maybe more. Next fall I'll cut back, mulch heavy and see what happens next spring.

Has anyone here ever planted a Chinese Fan Palm, or Majesty Palm in the ground as a die back plant....and had luck with them coming back in the spring?

Ive read that too. The only thing ive seen online, was someone in michigan doing it, but I have never seen any update on this,,,

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/grtlks/msg0901251421714.html

Ive been tempted to try this myself, but I personally think that guy is in really lucky area. IT would have to be righ tnext to a south facng wall , with a ton of heat sinks.

ALso, paulont made a good point to me on a post (which i cannot find lol). It may be a dieback perrenial, but how so? One leaf, or 2 a year, that die, and come back would only make the tree a few years. A tree cant take that sort of stress for that long (im assuming). It also may not look like what you expect.

I realy hope you try it. At 15 bucks, that isnt to bad of a deal at all. My advice would be to put it in the absolute hotest part of your yard, preferably next to a large stone wall, that faces south. If not, I would try putting it in a small stone terrace to absorb heat in the winter. I would also multch with stone, again to absorb heat. Put some large stones about a foot away from it, again, to absorb heat. In the winter, I would stake it, make a small tarp fence around it, and bury it in leaves, like a musa basjoo. IF you get a reliable, deep snow pack every winter, even better. Ive sen videos of people building snow forts around their palms over the winter.

Good luck, and keep us updated!!

I have a lot of South facing area along the side of my house, and garage.(have windmill overwintering there now and 1 banana) have just the spot picked out for this plant...and maybe one more. I believe when temps start to damage the fronds were supposed to cut it back flush with the ground, mulch it and hope it comes back. It's worth spending $15 bucks to find out and report to fellow members here. So far have bought a local nursery store left over European Fan palm in a 1 gallon pot for $18 and a Needle Palm from Phil at Jungle Music...all going to find homes along that south side sunny area this spring.

Here dude, quite a few people grow it as a perennial, especially in ohio. Also, it is apparently in the book " palms wont grow here and other myths".

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/57887/

Yes, that is where I got the idea, just have never really seen them sold around here before and for that cheap.

We'll see how it does this year.

im hoping to find one this weekend. I have one, but its 10 years old, and ive brought it back from near death twice. I dont wanna kill that one lol.

Just read all the positive replies in the Daves Garden link you sent...may have to pick up a couple more!

Thanks for the link.

I can't imagine letting them die off every year...seems like torture to me.

Not dying off....just cutting back like many other plants we over winter in the north....like the Sedums I have around my house, or the Canna's

Not dying off....just cutting back like many other plants we over winter in the north....like the Sedums I have around my house, or the Canna's

WHat do you do to keep your cannas form turning to mush??