Basically the same plant as chamaerops humilis except bluish silver leaves.
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.
Some varieties are really silvery and incredibly ornamental.
Instead of green foliage like the species this variety has powder blue foliage with silver undersides similar to brahea armata.
Silvery forms seem to be a bit slower growing than normal chamaerops.
Habitat distribution spreads from spain and up through france across to italy and malta and then across toward southeastern europe.
They start off with green leaves progressing to blue.
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.
Cerifa are a lovely pale blue color which becomes more vivid as they mature.
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