DWARF PALM TREE (CHAMAEROPS), A VALIANT RUSTIC BUSH WITH AN EXOTIC APPEARANCE. Le Quotidien du Ja...

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NewsJardinTV, the channel that shares its passion for plants, gardens, botany, nature and gardening, offers you issue 467 of its show "Le Quotidien du Jardin", produced by Nicole and Patrick Mioulane
Barbie5562 asks us the following question:
I would like to know if the dwarf palm is really hardy and small because I want to grow one in a pot in my Parisian garden. Thank you for your shows.
As an outdoor plant, the name "dwarf palm" is given to Chamaerops humilis (Linnaeus, Arecaceae) which is also called Mediterranean palm, European palm, St. Peter's palm or false doum palm, grows naturally in dry areas, on rocky or sandy soils, tolerates a fairly cold climate in winter, its hardiness being estimated at -12 ° C., or even less in very dry conditions.
However, the leaves can be destroyed from -8 ° C and reform in spring. In the case where the entire aerial part has frozen, it is common for the dwarf palm to produce new shoots from its underground rhizome, when conditions become better again.
Chamaerops humilis is appreciated for its compact and bushy shape. In nature, it is common for only a clump of leaves to emerge from the ground. In contrast, in cultivation, the "dwarf palm" grows, being able to develop a large tuft made up of several inclined stipes measuring up to 3 to 5 m high (cespitose plant).
The stipe of Chamaerops humilis, which can measure 25 cm in diameter in old plants, is covered with several layers of intertwined brown fibers and the bases of the old petioles that persist for several years after the leaves have fallen before decomposing and revealing a relatively thin, ringed stipe of gray-brown color.
Chamaerops humilis develops a crown made up of 30 to 50 palmate leaves (fan-shaped), measuring 40 to 80 cm wide, carried by a solid petiole 50 cm to 1 m long, bordered by formidable light brown needle-shaped spines. With a leathery texture (called sclerophyll), the leaf is cut into 10 to 20 false leaflets
Chamaerops humilis is most often dioecious, so there are male and female plants. The inflorescences (a spadix, surrounded by a spathe) emerge every year in spring, from between the leaves (interfoliar flowering). Short (30 cm), with little branching, they bear few flowers with three petals of a beautiful bright yellow.
Female plants produce a large quantity of fruit. These are ovoid drupes 3 to 5 cm long, dark orange to red-brown when ripe, whose fibrous flesh is inedible. Each fruit contains one, or more rarely two brown ovoid seeds. The pulp of the fruits has an unpleasant odor.
There are two natural varieties:
• Chamaerops humilis var. argentea, sometimes called the Mediterranean blue palm or the Atlas palm, is a form with reduced palms, bluish gray in color, growing in the mountains of Morocco.
• Chamaerops humilis var. humilis, often called (wrongly) Chamaerops arborescens, is characterized by its non-suckering behavior. It therefore develops a single stipe that can measure 8 m high.
• The cultivar ‘Vulcano’ is more compact and bushier than the type species (2.50 m) and the petiole of its leaves is spineless and the blade thicker. Ideal for growing in a container (40 to 50 cm on each side)
Plant the Chamaerops in the sun, sheltered from strong winds in sandy soil, even poor and especially well-drained. In a pot, a mixture of one third of potting soil, sand and loam is suitable. It is a slow-growing plant.
Chamaerops humilis is very resistant to sea spray. Ecologically, this palm is very useful in combating erosion and desertification because it regenerates naturally after fires by producing new suckers.
The palm tree that is sometimes wrongly called Chamaerops exelsa is Trachycarpus fortunei, the Chusan palm tree, another very hardy and widely cultivated species, which can be distinguished by the fact that it does not sucker and that the petioles of its leaves are not thorny. It has already been the subject of a video on NewsJardinTV: • UNE TOUCHE D'EXOTISME ...
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In issue 468 we will answer the following question:
What advice can you give me about the leopard plant? Is it toxic? Does it withstand the cold? And are there different forms?

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Bonjour Patrick et Nicole, je suis professionnel du végétal ayant migré de la floriculture vers la pépinière il ya 4 ans et grâce à vos vidéos j'ai pu développer considérablement mes connaissances en végétaux de toutes sortes. Merci pour tout ce que vous faites

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Bonjour Patrick, merci pour votre encyclopédie! Le Chamaerops est vraiment très résistant! J’en ai à auvers sur Oise des tout petit semis qui pousse et résiste au vent froid et au gel. Un palmiers tout terrain ☺️
Pourriez vous faire une prochaine vidéo sur la mucuna sempervirens ? C’es une plante qui a l’air magnifique, je l’ai découvertes à st Jean de beau regard et j’aimerai en savoir plus 😊

[@lesjardinsdepetitefee4739]

Bonjour à vous deux,
Pouvez-vous nous dire s'il faut enlever nos 800 tulipes après floraison et fanaison pour les stocker jusqu'à l'automne prochain, ou peut-on les laisser en place des années pour éviter tout travail.
Merci.