Trachycarpus Species, Dragonhead Palm, Fan Palm, Yunnan Dwarf Palm

I just planted a small Trachycarpus Nanus In October of 2011, (which was a little late to be planting a palm in Maryland but I was curiou...Read Mores to see what would happen if I did) It was eaten by some kind of animal a few weeks later and I'm pretty sure it was a rabbit but I really don't know for sure what ate it. So there was really nothing left above ground and it was about to be winter so I figured it was dead. However, in the spring it had already began to push out of the ground and then it was eaten AGAIN and yet it still won't die! This palm keeps coming back!

UPDATE: Unfortunately the animals won this battle. Despite many recoveries, the constant rate of being eaten was too much for this palm, and it eventually was consumed all the way to its roots! I then replaced it with a new one, and it was also eaten down to the roots. I have given up trying this palm for now until I can find one large enough to be ignored by the animals.

Winter hardiness seems decent, but untested in a very cold winter since I have only been able to get one to survive long enough to make it to winter, and that winter was a mild one, only getting down to about 16F. It took major damage though, which could be just a fluke but it may indicate that this palm is not as cold hardy as Trachycarpus Fortunei (Windmill Palm)

Its a another trachycarpus....am sure it can do better than 27 degrees. Am still trying one... maybe when it gets to 7 gallons.

T. nanus growing fast and well in McKinleyville Ca.

Nice, neat compact fan palm only 2' tall with little or no trunk. Supposed to be pretty cold hardy (zone 8 perhaps?) but not sure. Only...Read More a few specimens seen- rare in cultivation still, but recently becoming more available. Plant in photo was flowering last year, even though it looks like a seedling. From Asia

Now that I've been raising a few seedlings I can say that this is one very slow palm. Seedlings I got several years ago aren't significantly larger... but are still with me. Probably be ready to plant out in another 4-10 years...

Whoever added this plant set it up as a 6b plant! HA!!! It can barely survive 27F (mine was defoliated at 26, though it did recover). Not nearly as cold hardy as some hoped, obviously.