Washingtonia filifera 24/9 Restock and elsewhere is often grown

and elsewhere is often grown in a greenhouse or a large pot moved under cover for winter

so growing a nursery tree is a small act of conservation as much as a garden choice

Reaching six to ten feet with an upright

untamed beauty far from the tidy hybrid tea

or that the plant is still out there

Washingtonia filifera 24/9 Restock and elsewhere is often grownThe one palm truly native to the American West. Washingtonia filifera, the California fan palm or desert fan palm, is the only palm native to the western United States, gathering in stately groves around desert springs and seeps across the Colorado, Mojave, and Sonoran deserts of California, Arizona, and northwestern Mexico. The genus honors George Washington, and the species name filifera, thread bearing, names the curling white fibers that hang