Chamaerops Humilis Cerifera Blue Mediterranean Fan Palm

This article introduces the mediterranean fan palm chamaerops humilis a suckering fan palm that is native to southern europe along the mediterranean coast.

Chamaerops humilis cerifera blue mediterranean fan palm.

Instead of green foliage like the species this variety has powder blue foliage with silver undersides similar to brahea armata. Basically the same plant as chamaerops humilis except bluish silver leaves. Cerifera is a variety of the deer resistant european fan palm that hails from the atlas mountains of morocco where it grows up to 5 400 elevation. Some varieties are really silvery and incredibly ornamental.

Transactions of the linnean society of london vol. Cerifa are a lovely pale blue color which becomes more vivid as they mature. They start off with green leaves progressing to blue. The blue mediterranean fan palm which grows in the atlas mountains in morocco up to 1700 m 5600 ft.

8 1815 chamaerops is a genus of flowering plants in the family arecaceae the only currently fully accepted species is chamaerops humilis variously called european fan palm or the mediterranean dwarf palm it is one of the most cold hardy palms and is used in landscaping in temperate climates.