Chinese Fan

Chinese Fan Palm

Chinese Fan Palms make slow-growing, but striking
landscape specimens. The Chinese Fan Palm is tolerant
of poor soils, but does the best when regularly fertilized.

For those in the northern areas of Florida, this palm is
very hardy and can withstand several degrees below
freezing without appreciable damage.

Chinese Fan palm should be planted in full sun as the
fronds tend to get "leggy" and weak in anything more
than light shade. Of the tribe Corypheae, and subfamily
Coryphoideae it is also known by the botanic name
Livistonia chinensis.

Common Name: Chinese Fan Palm

Botanical Name: Livistonia chinensis

Subfamily: Coryphoideae

Plant Type: Solitary Fan Palm Tree

Origin: China, southern Japan

Zones: 9 - 11

Height: 25'

Rate of Growth: Slow

Salt Tolerance: Moderate

Soil Requirements: Widely adaptable

Water Requirements: High drought tolerance

Nutritional Requirements: Moderate

Light Requirements: Moderate, High

Form: Solitary fan palm, canopy of 30-50 leaves

Leaves: Costapalmate, divided to 2/3 into 60-100 deeply
split segments that are pendant in their lower half,
olive-green in color.

Inflorescence: 6' long, produced from among the leaves

Fruits: Grayish-blue. 1/2 - 1" long

Pests or diseases: None of consequence

Uses: Specimen plant

Bad Habits: Slightly susceptible to lethal yellowing