This medium size fan palm has a stout swollen, corky trunk with closely ringed leaf scars. It has a rounded crown of dark green fronds that are deeply segmented and pendent at the tips and the cream cup-shaped flowers appear in a cluster during summer followed by dark fruit.

Hardiness zones 8 to 11

Livistona chinensis is naturally found from southern Japan to southern Taiwan growing in woodlands on the coast and inland.

It grows in most well drained fertile moist soils in an open sunny position and is frost and drought tender.

The Chinese Fan Palm is grown for its pendant fronds and its small size. It is planted in small gardens or parks as a lawn specimen or used along borders. It is slow growing and establishes in 3 to 5 years and is long lived. It is also around water features for a tropical-like effect and in cold climates it is grown as a hot house specimen where it requires a bright indirect light position and should be planted in a loam based soil mix. ID 673

Livistona(li-vi-STON-a) chinensis (chin-EN-sis)

Arecaceae(ar-ek-AY-see-ee)     
(Palmae)
Palm Family