Q: Our neighbors are redoing their front yard landscaping, which includes removing a 17-year-old Mediterranean fan palm. They have ... around the trunk. This method helps prevent blowover.

And, “if you skin the trunk, you’ll get a ‘cigar cut’ effect, which provides a more formal appearance,” Popoff added. The Mediterranean Fan Palm is known for its multi trunks and fan ...

How they grow A palm is a woody plant, but the trunk's internal structure is ... A few palms, such as the Mediterranean fan palm, produce suckers at the base and form clumps of multiple trunks.

A skinny trunk ... as a multi-trunked specimen and is homeowner-friendly since it only reaches 20 feet in height. There is a shimmering silvery-blue cultivar of the Mediterranean fan palm that ...