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James H. Schutte
(Cotton Palm, Desert Fan Palm, Washington Palm)
Desert fan palms are sturdy, solitary and native to southern California, western Arizona and northwestern Mexico. The large, gray-green leaves are costapalmate which means they have a fish hook shape in the middle of a roundish blade, divided to the middle into many segments that bend and are split with long threads or fibers in between. The leaves are connected to the trunk with green petioles or stems and are armed with wicked green, hooked teeth, younger leaves may lack teeth. Old leaves are persistent...
James H. Schutte
(Mexican Fan Palm, Washington Fan Palm)
Growing to huge heights, the Washington fan palm is a commonly planted, long tall palm from Mexico. Its trunk is marked with the remains of old leaf bases and has a coarse appearance. Throughout the season is bears broad, showy, fan-shaped leaves of green that emerge from long, sharply toothed petioles. New growth emerges from the terminus of the tree giving plants a feather-duster appearance. In summer it bears clusters of ivory flowers followed by black fruits.
Sun-loving by nature, Washington...
