page_title: Trachycarpus fortunei
section_title: Cultivation
hierarchical_section_title: Trachycarpus fortunei / Uses / Cultivation
caption_attribution_description: English: Approximate range in the US where Windmill Palms can be cultivated with little to no winter protection.
context_page_description: Trachycarpus fortunei, the Chinese windmill palm, windmill palm or Chusan palm, is a species of hardy evergreen palm tree in the family Arecaceae, native to parts of China, Japan, Myanmar and India.
context_section_description: Trachycarpus fortunei is cultivated as a trunking palm in gardens and parks throughout the world in warm temperate and subtropical climates. Its tolerance of cool summers and cold winters makes it highly valued by palm enthusiasts, landscape designers and gardeners. It is grown successfully in cool climates such as the UK, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, western Poland and southern Germany. In the UK it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. 
  In North America, mature specimens can be found growing in the coastal areas of the Pacific Northwest, the upper southern states, and Mid-Atlantic states.
  Commonly lower tolerance limits of −15 to −20 °C (5 to −4 °F) are cited for mature plants. Young plants are less hardy, and can be damaged by only −8 °C (18 °F).
  The cultivar group Trachycarpus fortunei 'Wagnerianus' is a small-leafed semi-dwarf variant of the species selected in cultivation in China and Japan. It differs in rarely growing to more than 5 m (16 ft) tall, with leaflets less than 45 cm (18 in) long; the short stature and small leaves give it greater tolerance of wind exposure. It has often been treated as a separate species T. wagnerianus in popular works, but is now included within T. fortunei.
  Individuals belonging to a similar species, Trachycarpus takil, have survived a very harsh winter spell in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Individuals of the Trachycarpus fortunei Nainital subspecies have lived continuously outside since the early 2000s in Woodbury, Connecticut where some winters have reached −15 °F (−26 °C).
caption: The approximate range of cultivation in the US with little to no winter protection
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