Chamaerops

Chamaerops - Handsome palms, hardy, and giving distinct effects in the garden.

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The Chusan Palm

The Chusan Palm (Chamaerops Fortunei) - A valuable Palm, often confounded with C. excelsa. It is stouter and has a more profuse matted network of fibres round the bases of the leaves; the segments of the leaves are much broader, and the leaf-stalks shorter and stouter, being from 1 to 2 feet long, and quite unarmed. It grows 12 feet or more high, and has a spreading head of fan-like leaves, and is hardy. If small plants are procured, grow them on freely for a year or two in the greenhouse, and then plant out in April, spreading the roots a little and giving them a deep loamy soil. Plant in a sheltered place, so that the leaves may not be injured by winds when they get large. A gentle hollow, or among shrubs on the sides of some sheltered glade, is the best place. C. humilis is also hardy, at least, on sandy soil.