Q: We bought a blue Mexican fan palm at a local nursery four years ago in a 15 gallon container, it was fairly large — read expensive — and looked ...

We have a palm tree, perhaps a Mexican fan palm, that was planted close to a wall and I have to move it because the wall is damaged. I'm guessing the palm was planted 10-15 years ago.

There is a reason the Mexican fan palm’s Latin name is ... Sure it costs more to start out than a Washingtonia due to its slower growth rate and the increased time it takes to grow a ...

It reaches 40 feet tall with bluish leaves and a moderate growth rate. ... (Mexican fan palm), which is also available. It is probably the most common tall palm (to 100 feet) ...

The most common was the Washingtonia robusta, or Mexican fan palm. Many of the original palms planted in the 1930s are still around. A fan palm can grow to 100 feet and live for hundreds of years.