Washingtonia filifera Seeds | Desert Fan Palm
LATIN NAME: Washingtonia filifera
COMMON NAME: Desert Fan Palm
Plant Profile
Washingtonia filifera, commonly known as Desert Fan Palm, is a fine, easy, long-lived tree. Desert fan palm is a fine, tall, single-trunked palm of warm, dry washes, and its great, round, fan-shaped, blue-green leaves have made it a fine landmark of warm deserts for a very long time. Palm is a fine, easy, long-lived tree of warm, sunny, well-drained garden. It is a plant of warm, dry, open ground. Through the flowering season it keeps visiting bees well supplied. Gardeners value it precisely for this blend of qualities.
Science & Biotechnology
Within the Washingtonia group, Washingtonia filifera is of continuing interest to researchers working on plant diversity, seed biology and the selection of improved garden forms. Desert fan palm has a steady and growing place in plant science, and palm has been studied for its great, round, fan-shaped leaves and its place among hardy palms of warm deserts. With present-day seed handling, raising this species well within the reach of any careful grower.
Uses & Benefits
Desert Fan Palm brings genuine presence to the garden and earns its keep across the growing season. Desert fan palm is grown for great, round, fan-shaped leaves and tall, sturdy trunk. Bold, blue-green fans rise in a fine, open crown, and palm is a fine, easy, long-lived tree for warm, sunny garden, avenue and dry bank. Small, dark-brown fruits are a fine food for birds of warm garden, and thatched trunk gives palm its fine, shaggy, old look. Once it has settled, the workload drops to almost nothing.
A tree like this repays patience for decades: it cools and shelters its surroundings, hosts birds and insects, and stores carbon in timber that outlives its planter.
Growing from Seed
Seed is the natural starting point for Desert Fan Palm, and the process is uncomplicated. Level a tray of loose seed compost, sow evenly, cover to about the seed’s own depth, and keep it moist in full light. Shift the seedlings into small pots as soon as they can be handled, and give them bright light until planting-out time.
Our Take
Desert Fan Palm repays a little patience at sowing time with plenty of garden presence later.
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