Palma Hamerops stocky (Chamerops humilis)

The homeland - the Western Mediterranean and coast of the Black Sea. Comes on the North further all other palm trees, reaching nearly 44 ° a northern latitude. It is a unique European palm tree - only this only look which has several versions which are slightly differing with the sizes and a form of leaves is known.
The Kustovidny palm tree with fan leaves branching from the basis. Under natural conditions reaches height of 2-3 m. Leaves are gray-green, rigid, covered with gray hairs. The scape of a leaf is covered with thorns, in the basis mesh and fibrous. Only with age the palm tree forms a trunk which in the nature can reach height of 7 meters. The trunk is covered with brown fiber which is widely used as stuffing material. From the kidneys which are available on roots numerous lateral offsprings often develop.

Leaving:

The annual cycle Plant subtropical by origin, a chamaerops has a winter dormant period. Grows from spring to fall. This palm tree is very hardy, transfers shading and dry air of rooms.

Placement: Prefers the light place, but can stand also on direct beams of the sun and in a shadow. Good airing of the room is desirable. It is very useful to take out it on open air, for example on a balcony, a terrace or in a garden in the summer.
Temperature: As this plant of subtropical climate, cool wintering is optimum at a temperature up to 10 ° in a winter garden, however can quite winter also in rooms. If to provide rather dry contents, the chamaerops can winter at a temperature of 8C. At rather dry root system the chamaerops transfers even short-term falls of temperature to several degrees below zero.
Watering plentiful in the summer, in the winter less plentiful, especially at cold wintering.
Peresadka:peresazhivat time in three years to the nutritious soil in mix with sand.
Humidity: The plant demands regular spraying by warm boiled water.
Top dressing: Time in 10 days by full complex fertilizer for decorative and deciduous plants or specialized fertilizer for palm trees is fed up.
Reproduction: Make multiple copies a chamaerops crops of seeds and lateral offsprings.
Wreckers: web tick and shchitovka.