This section is from the book "Gardening In California: Landscape And Flower", by John McLaren. Also available from Amazon: Gardening In California: Landscape And Flower.
The Chamserops are among the hardiest of our fan Palms while they are also free-growing and easily transplanted. Cha-maerops humilis, which is a native of the Mediterranean regions, is of a dwarf habit; Chamaerops excelsa, which is from China, is of a more stately habit, sometimes attaining a height of thirty feet and growing handsome crowns of deeply cut fan-shaped leaves.
They delight in plenty of water and a well-drained soil.
Propagate by seeds sown one inch deep, in heat, in early Spring; when they are four inches high, pot them in three-inch pots; when the}' are one year old, plant them in the open ground in nursery rows. They may also be propagated by suckers taken from the base of old plants in early Spring.
 
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