Trachycarpus wagnerianus (18/10/2014, Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid)
Position: Full sun to light shade
Flowering period: Late summer
Soil: Moist, well drained
Eventual Height: 6m
Eventual Spread: 2m
Hardiness: 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b
Family: Arecaceae
Trachycarpus wagnerianus is a slow growing evergreen palm with an unbranched single stem. Its mid green stiff leaves are rounded, palmate and up to 60m across. Its trunk is covered in a fibrous mat. Its yellow dioecious flowers appear as large pendant panicles and appear from the leaf bases. Its fruit is the size and shape of a coffee bean.
Trachycarpus wagnerianus Leaf (18/10/2014, Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid)
Trachycarpus wagnerianus, commonly known as Dwarf Chusan Palm, is native to Japan and Korea. Trachycarpus wagnerianus is synonymous with Trachycarpus fortunei ‘Wagnerianus’.
The etymological root of the binomial name Trachycarpus is derived from the Greek trachus meaning ‘rough’, and karpus meaning ‘a fruit’, due to the fruit of some species being hairy. Wagnerianus is named after Albert Wagner, a German horticulturalist.
The landscape architect may find Trachycarpus wagnerianus useful as a small attractive palm. Once established this palm is drought tolerant.
Trachycarpus wagnerianus Trunk (18/10/2014, Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid)
Ecologically, Trachycarpus wagnerianus is attractive to pollinating insects.
Trachycarpus wagnerianus prefers moist, fertile, humus rich, well-drained soils. It tolerates most pH of soil.
Trachycarpus wagnerianus requires little maintenance.
