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Just received Mexican fan palms

Asa

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Hey, I ordered Mexican fan palms off of The Tree Center and just received them today. I am in zone 8 or 7a ish not sure in Chattanooga Tennessee (not a cold microclimate). I watched James palms on YouTube and realized they were better than my windmill palms. I was planning on making individual greenhouses for them during the winter time. Anyway what would be the best way to plant them? I watered them and they are in partial sun right now but I live in an area with more of a clay soil with a more loamy soil on top where the grass grows. Any tips? I appreciate any info.

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Hmm, I’m wondering why you think they are better than your Windmill palms which are much more cold hardy than Mexican Fan palms and don’t grow like weeds to unreachable heights in just a few years. Your Washingtonia robusta palms are zone 9a hardy on the low end While your Trachycarpus are zone 7 on the low end. By all means go ahead and plant them and enjoy them either as annuals or protect them in the winter until they’re too big to do so. 

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Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

zone 10a/9b

sunset zone 16

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