The Star of the Show
WINDMILL PALM TREE
Looking for a real star in the landscape? Make a statement with a Windmill Palm tree. This popular palm grows anywhere and adapts to most climates and soils. Extremely hardy, it has a distinctive ‘hairy’ texture that grows as a single slender trunk. It will mature into a tall, thin column with a compact crown. Windmills make a great garden or patio tree and are especially ideal near a pool and even in a container.
Our landscape designers love to use this tree in local landscapes. In fact, McDonald Landscape Designer, Diane Smith, has a couple trees in her own yard (shown above). Diane says, “I inherited these trees with this house and I chose to re-incorporate them into the new landscape design. The Windmill is the hardiest of palms for our zone, they are disease resistant, cold and drought tolerant, practically carefree. I consider them to be an eclectic element to my somewhat classic landscaping.’
Reasons to incorporate Windmill Palms in your landscape:
- Transform your yard into a tropical oasis. You see this tree at many resorts, now bring the resort home. You can get an exotic tropical look that will thrive in the Hampton Roads climate.
- Create a focal point with a long slender trunk that is a great height for poolside plantings, and best of all no mess of fallen leaves and twigs constantly cluttering the water. It is also great as a foundation planting to add height to the front of your home.
- Add lovely evergreen foliage to your landscape. We love its fronds of the symmetrical canopy that add structure and greenery all year long. The head of the palm will mature to 8-10 ft wide above the ground.
- Hassle free plant to grow. This palm is not prone to pest and disease problems and is a long lived tree.
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