Chinese Fan Palm / Livistona chinensis - Cold Hardy Palms

Chinese Fan Palms - Livistona chinensis

Livistona chinensis or the Chinese Fan Palm makes a great addition to sub tropical gardens in zone 9 or higher. The Chinese Fan Palm is slow growing, disease resistant and fairly drought tolerant.

The leaves of the Chinese Fan Palm elongate in shade and the Chinese Fan Palm will lose the spines from the petioles in full shade. The leaves of the Chinese Fan Palm will grow larger in shade too.

A full sun Chinese Fan Palm looks very different from a shade grown one. The full sun grown Chinese Fan Palm will have a compact stocky look and will have visible spines close to the base of the frond.

I like them both and have both in my own yard.

The Chinese Fan Palm is slow growing. The Chinese Fan Palm will grow faster with copious amounts of water and fertilizer but will never grow fast.

Chinese Fan Palms - Livistona chinensis

Frost can do cosmetic damage to the Chinese Fan Palm even in Zone 9. The leaves will brown and the tips and yellow over the entire surface area if the frost is heavy.

Most Livistona species have shown some cold hardiness. One that does better in a frost is the Livistona decipiens or Ribbon Palm.

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