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The Chinese Fan or Fountain Palm. An elegant slender stemmed palm, cold hardy (-15C) and tolerant of poor soils, but does best when regularly fertilized in late spring. It produces huge emerald green fan leaves up to 2 metres across. They are often grown for their immature form, as the foliage creates a wide spreading ball-shaped canopy that conceals the trunk. In later years, as the trunk extends, the canopy remains in a circular ball-like form. The long leaf segment tips hang gracefully giving the canopy a weeping appearance and this gives the palm its other common name, the fountain palm. They are moderate to slow growing, much depending on conditions, eventually reaching a height of 5–8 metres, so not being a large palm it lends itself to the smaller garden. They form a closely ringed, smooth trunk that eventually greys with time.
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The leaf stalks are spiny while the palm is young, but once mature the palm is spineless. The old leaves will persist for a year or so on mature palms, but eventually they are self-cleaning and do not require annual leaf removal to prevent a skirt. They are extremely tolerant of drought but like all palms, the more water they have and the better the growing conditions, the faster they will grow. There are many USA dominated internet references to them being invasive, but this is in tropical climates, not mediterranean.
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You can make an order by selecting plants with quantities and putting them in your Shopping Bag.
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By placing an order you are not obligated to purchase the plants online and you will not be asked for any payment at this stage.
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We will confirm prices, availability and delivery/collection dates with you by email.
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Only when all the details of your order are agreed, will we send you an agreed Factura/Invoice and request payment from you.
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Once an order is agreed we require a 50% payment to secure the plants. Plants in the shopping basket are not reserved until an order is placed.
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Availability - the store contains 3 availability categories
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Plants ready for despatch, collection within 14 days
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Plants we have but they are still growing into their containers. These are offered for reservation and will be released once they are ready. An estimated date for their availability is given.
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Plants that we only hold a limited stock of, or only propagate occasionally or on demand. This also includes plants we are going to propagate in the near future.
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