Kumaon palm
trachycarpus takil latin

Trachycarpus takil (the Kumaon Palm) is similar to T. fortunei; and probably even hardier.

Trachycarpus takil (Kumaon Palm) is a fan palm native to the foothills of the Himalaya in Kumaon in northwestern India, and possibly in adjacent western Nepal; it grows at altitudes of 1,800-2,700 m.

Even a palm, Trachycarpus takil, grows here, given a burlap tent for winter protection.

The hardy fan palm, Trachycarpus takil, is native to northern India and grows in the Himalayas, 8,000 feet up.

Trachycarpus takil (the Kumaon Palm) is similar to T. fortunei; and probably even hardier.

Some plants in cultivation in the USA under the name Trachycarpus takil are actually misnamed specimens of the dwarf form of T. fortunei, also known as T. wagnerianus.

Trachycarpus takil (Kumaon Palm) is a fan palm native to the foothills of the Himalaya in Kumaon in northwestern India, and possibly in adjacent western Nepal; it grows at altitudes of 1,800-2,700 m.

For 10 years, Dennis Schrader and Bill White, the owners of Landcraft Environments, a wholesale nursery in Mattituck, N.Y., have been growing windmill palms like Trachycarpus takil, which is native to the Himalayas and can survive temperatures of minus 5 degrees.