
The Self Sufficient Life And How To Live It - Windmill Palm Trees, Tropical Accent Plants, Cold Hardy For Northern United States And Canadian GardensThe Cold Hardy Windmill Fan Palm tree originated on the island of Chusan off the east coast of China, at the same time as the Windmill palm tree is usually called the Chinese or Chusan Fan Palm. Robert Fortune smuggled Windmill palm plants from China into the Kew Horticultural Gardens and into the Royal garden of Prince Albert of England in 1849 after the Opium Wars of China ended. The Windmill Palm tree was named in Latin, Trachycarpus fortunei, after Robert Fortune, and after 158 years, inside the year 2007, these Windmill Fan Palm trees are still increasing gracecompletely as a distinguished,...