How often do I water a Windmill palm?

Watering is based on the soil's moisture retention level; the palm should have a damp but not soggy soil consistency at all times. During the summer months, the palm will need more frequent watering of up to twice a week to keep it properly nourished.

Is Windmill palm easy to grow?

It is very easy to grow and the fan shaped, dark green foliage brings an instant tropical feeling to any landscape, even colder climates.

Windmill Palm Tree

Q: How fast do Windmill palm trees grow?

The Windmill Palm has a slow growing growth habit. The Windmill Palm growth rate is less than 8 inches per year.

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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. It can tolerate temperatures down to 5 F. 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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Botanical Name

Trachycarpus fortunei

Sunlight Partial Sun / Partial Shade

Flower Color Yellow

Foliage Color Green

Mature Height 25-30 ft

Mature Width 6-10 ft

Growing Zones 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Special Features

Cold hardy
Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant

Shipping Info

Once your Windmill Palm Tree order is placed, we will ship your plant(s) within seven business days year round unless during the checkout process you request otherwise in the space provided to do so.

Perfect Plants’ shipping specialists carefully package your plants using a proven packaging method that ensures your plants arrive healthy, colorfully alive and ready to flourish. We’ve coined the term ‘upside down box test’ and we do just that; we carefully package so that regardless of the direction your box is handled, it will not harm your precious plant that’s inside.

No shipping process is without a problem from time to time. On rare occasions some plants may experience some of the following during their transit: drooping, minor leaf-loss and/or minimal yellowing/discoloration, minor limb damage, etc. These instances are quite rare, but can happen when shipping plants in boxes.

Plants normally recover within a few weeks after planting. If a damaged box has injured your plant on the inside, please notify us within 5 days of receiving you package(s) by emailing us a photograph of the damage.

We always do our very best to ensure that your plants are packed and shipped in the safest, gentlest and most effective way possible.

Will my plants and trees look like the photographs?

Absolutely! Unlike other online nurseries, our photos are of actual plants and trees we’ve grown here, on our family operated nursery.

Growing our own plants and trees helps to ensure we ship you the best quality plants that are free of pests and diseases.

Your plants and trees may however not ship with flowers on them, like the photographs. This all depends on the time of year you buy your plant or tree. Crape Myrtle trees, for example, only bloom during the summer months, so if you purchase one during the spring or fall, they would ship without flowers. Once planted, your plants will grow and thrive giving you flowers for many years to come!

Pot Sizes

Pot sizes (commonly referred to in gallons) are shipped in the same size nursery trade pots which may vary in actual volume. Some plants may have been at the approximate pot size listed, but require excess dirt to be removed so that you will not be paying any additional shipping costs. This doesn’t happen very often though.

Shipping Fees

Our shipping charges are based on the value of your order. Please use the chart below to see what your shipping charge will be.

Care

Choose a planting location that offers adequate sunlight and shade in a low traffic area. Allow proper clearance for the mature growth size. Well-drained soil is ideal. Water regularly for the first planted year to ensure adequate water is available for establishing a strong root system. Prune as necessary to remove any damaged or dead foliage and to promote a well-balanced structure.

Planting Instructions:

Dig a hole approximately twice as wide as your new plant’s root ball and deep enough so that the top of the root ball is equal with the ground level.

Loosen the root ball using a small garden spade or by hand. Breaking smaller outer roots can encourage growth into the new soil, but take care to not damage large primary roots.

Place the plant in the hole and ensure that it is situated evenly upright. Use the excavated soil to fill in around the root ball, using your foot to pack it in firmly. Thoroughly soak with a hose as you fill in the dirt. Take great care to not leave any gaps or air spaces around the root ball as this could kill the plant.

A 2-4 inch layer of mulch is strongly recommended to help retain moisture and discourage weed growth. Apply mulch over the entire planting area but keep away from the stems or trunk by a few inches. Ensure that the plant and surrounding soil is completely soaked with water.

To ensure the proper nutrients are available for the life of your plant our proprietary Perfect Plants Special Blend Soil and a once yearly application of Nutricote Total 360 Fertilizer are great considerations for your new plants!

17 reviews for Windmill Palm Tree

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Rated 4.82 out of 5

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Micky (store manager) – March 20, 2019

Looks great in my “Florida Garden” . Very happy with the windmill palm trees I was shipped.

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Patrick Baker (verified owner) – March 22, 2020

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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.

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- Perfect Plants (store manager) – March 23, 2020
  
  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!
Rated 5 out of 5

Karie (verified owner) – May 5, 2020

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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!

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- Perfect Plants (store manager) – May 5, 2020
  
  Thank you for your feedback on our Windmill Palm tree. We are so glad you love it.
Rated 5 out of 5

Ernest Waiters (verified owner) – May 15, 2020

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Green and Healthy

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- Perfect Plants (store manager) – June 2, 2020
  
  Ernest, thank you for your feedback on our Windmill Palm tree. Enjoy!
Rated 3 out of 5

Michael (verified owner) – May 24, 2020

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) – June 2, 2020
  
  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.
Rated 5 out of 5

Anonymous (verified owner) – June 9, 2020

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Awesome service and nice shipping , I will buy my plants again from you!

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- Perfect Plants (store manager) – June 10, 2020
  
  Thank you so much! Enjoy your Windmill Palm trees.
Rated 5 out of 5

Angelo Iacono (verified owner) – June 16, 2020

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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.

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- Perfect Plants (store manager) – June 17, 2020
  
  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.
Rated 4 out of 5

Rick C. (verified owner) – June 19, 2020

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They seem to be doing good

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Anonymous (verified owner) – June 24, 2020

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Karen Finter (verified owner) – July 1, 2020

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Plant arrived very healthy and is thriving!

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- Perfect Plants (store manager) – July 6, 2020
  
  Hi Karen, we are glad your new Windmill Palm trees arrived safe and sound. Enjoy!
Rated 5 out of 5

Rachel Kelly (verified owner) – July 16, 2020

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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!!!

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- Perfect Plants (store manager) – July 20, 2020
  
  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.
Rated 5 out of 5

Joseph Tamargo (verified owner) – July 16, 2020

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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) – July 20, 2020
  
  Hi Joseph, thank you so much for your review on our Windmill Palm tree. We are so glad you are pleased!
Rated 5 out of 5

zachary (verified owner) – July 23, 2020

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Just what I was looking for

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- Perfect Plants (store manager) – July 23, 2020
  
  Zachary, thank you for your feedback on our Windmill Palm tree. Enjoy your new plants!
Rated 5 out of 5

Henry Steigerwaldt (verified owner) – July 29, 2020

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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.

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- Perfect Plants (store manager) – July 30, 2020
  
  Henry, we are glad to hear your Windmill Palm trees are acclimating into their new homes! Thanks
Rated 5 out of 5

Tom Blackstock, Jr – March 13, 2021

My son bought 2 of your windmill palms for me at Christmas and they arrived in perfect condition. I was very impressed with the packaging and vigor of the plants. I overwintered them in the garage for about 3 months and just planted the palms outdoors which look as good as the day they arrived. Local plants are generally larger at this price point but you cannot beat the convenience and care packed with Perfect Plants. Will definitely buy again.

I have grown windmill palms for years and plants survive Richmond Virginia winters with minimal effort.

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- Perfect Plants (store manager) – March 15, 2021
  
  Hi Tom, thank you for leaving feedback about our Windmill Palm tree. We are so glad they are getting planted for spring and hope you enjoy watching them grow!
Rated 5 out of 5

Anonymous (verified owner) – March 19, 2021

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It arrived in beautiful condition and is thriving very well.

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- Perfect Plants (store manager) – March 25, 2021
  
  Thank you for leaving feedback on our Windmill Palm Tree! Enjoy
Rated 5 out of 5

Michael Slaughter (verified owner) – April 12, 2021

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Plants were in excellent condition!

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- Perfect Plants (store manager) – April 13, 2021
  
  Hi Michael, thank you for your positive 5 star review of our Windmill Palm tree! We are glad you love it.