Product Description
Say hello to the Windmill Palm Tree! Trachycarpus fortunei is the solution to adding a touch of paradise to your landscape no matter how far north you live!
The Windmill Palm tree is one of the most cold tolerant palm tree cultivars available and we have even seen it grown as far north as Tennessee and Virginia and the pacific northwest. The Windmill Palm features lush, green fronds that fan out from its branches with oblong leaves. It may lose color in cold weather.
This evergreen palm cultivar is low maintenance and will grow to an average of 25 to 30 feet tall in maturity. It is most commonly seen around 10-15 feet tall and 6-10 feet wide. This species of fan palm, sometimes called the Chusan Palm from Chusan Island where Robert Fortune first saw cultivated specimens, has a slow growing growth habit. The Windmill Palm growth rate is less than 8 inches per year.
Perfect for planting around your pool and can be grown in a variety of locations. While it has no edible fruit, it does flower. This tree produces yellow bushy, cascading flowers on both male and female flowering plants. These yellow flowers appear higher up the trunk of the tree near the hairy black fibers from old leaf sheaths on growing palm trees.
Chinese Windmill Palm Care
The Chinese Windmill Palm prefers full sun to partial shade and can adapt to a variety of soil conditions as long as its well drained soils. It can be susceptible to root rot if the soil is not well draining. This tree is drought tolerant and exceptionally pollution tolerant as well. It is very easy to care for palm trees!
Plant this cold hardy palm tree in a location where it can grow strong shallow root systems. It is very easy to grow and the fan shaped, dark green foliage brings an instant tropical vibe to any landscape, even colder climates. Windmill palm grows best across the United States in USDA hardiness zones 7-11. In USDA zones below this, it will need winter protection or planted in a container to bring indoors for winter. Learn how to plant a palm tree!
The best time to plant is in early spring or fall! You can use Perfect Plants Palm Fertilizer to enrich the soil for this tropical palm tree plant. This is a slow release fertilizer that should be applied every 3 months during the spring and summer growing seasons. Be sure to keep adequate moisture in the soil while the roots are establishing in the first year. A regular watering schedule is best for these slow growing trees.
Best known for its pest and disease resistance, slow growth rate, and cold temperature tolerance. One of the hardiest palm trees out there! It even received the prestigious award of garden merit from the Royal Horticulture Society in the UK.
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Trachycarpus fortunei
- Cold hardy
- Drought tolerant
- Salt tolerant
Micky (store manager) –
Looks great in my “Florida Garden” . Very happy with the windmill palm trees I was shipped.
Patrick Baker (verified owner) –
The palms got here in very good condition. I was impressed with they way they were packed, with the load of soil and layering to preserve moisture. Good job.
Perfect Plants (store manager) –
Hi Patrick, thank you so much for your review of the Windmill Palm Tree. We are so glad you are happy with your new trees. Happy planting!
Karie (verified owner) –
Perfect Plants is awesome!! All of my plants arrived safe and beautiful! Any time I had to contact the responses w/ quickness! Will definitely purchase again. My Palm was perfect!
Perfect Plants (store manager) –
Thank you for your feedback on our Windmill Palm tree. We are so glad you love it.
Ernest Waiters (verified owner) –
Green and Healthy
Perfect Plants (store manager) –
Ernest, thank you for your feedback on our Windmill Palm tree. Enjoy!
Michael (verified owner) –
Not at all what I expected for the price. Pictures of the palms on the website do not represent what I was sent. Could have bought a better one locally for less. My mistake.
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Perfect Plants (store manager) –
Hi Michael, thank you for your feedback on our windmill palm tree. We will update the product image so it represents it more accurately. They are a new crop of palm trees and once planted they will start growing more. Good luck and let us know if we can help in any other way.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Awesome service and nice shipping , I will buy my plants again from you!
Perfect Plants (store manager) –
Thank you so much! Enjoy your Windmill Palm trees.
Angelo Iacono (verified owner) –
I love the plants! I was hoping they would be a little bit bigger but planted them right away. Hoping they will grow here in the Northeast. I hear that windmilll Palms survive the winters here.
Perfect Plants (store manager) –
Thank you for your purchase of the Windmill Palm tree. It may need extra winter protection the first year or so especially if you have an exceptionally cold winter. We wish you luck. The best way to know if it will survive is by checking your USDA hardiness zone.
Rick C. (verified owner) –
They seem to be doing good
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Was this review helpful to you?Karen Finter (verified owner) –
Plant arrived very healthy and is thriving!
Perfect Plants (store manager) –
Hi Karen, we are glad your new Windmill Palm trees arrived safe and sound. Enjoy!
Rachel Kelly (verified owner) –
We live in New Mexico and were a little bit worried about how the plant would take. We planted it about a month ago and it’s doing great. Can’t wait to see its progress. I plan to order several more!!!
Perfect Plants (store manager) –
Hi Rachel, glad to hear it! The Windmill Palms are so beautiful and we are glad it is acclimating to its new home in your landscape.
Joseph Tamargo (verified owner) –
My two windmill palm trees arrived healthy and securely packed. They were exactly what I had ordered and I am pleased again by Perfect Plants and their quality items.
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Perfect Plants (store manager) –
Hi Joseph, thank you so much for your review on our Windmill Palm tree. We are so glad you are pleased!
zachary (verified owner) –
Just what I was looking for
Perfect Plants (store manager) –
Zachary, thank you for your feedback on our Windmill Palm tree. Enjoy your new plants!
Henry Steigerwaldt (verified owner) –
I ordered two Windmill Palms, and they have been in the ground now for maybe a little over two weeks. They are doing just fine.
Perfect Plants (store manager) –
Henry, we are glad to hear your Windmill Palm trees are acclimating into their new homes! Thanks