Chamaerops humilis Vulcano New Guinea Texas plantsman/garden writer Scott Ogden

Texas plantsman/garden writer Scott Ogden took me to a road cut in Comal County

both the alpinia and Tom

symmetrical clumps of soft green

We also find them incredibly valuable as winter evergreen groundcovers in woodland gardens which can often be quite drab in winter

This need not wait until then if one wants to cut the stems down earlier

Chamaerops humilis Vulcano New Guinea Texas plantsman/garden writer Scott OgdenChamaerops humilis 'Vulcano' is a new compact form of the European fan palm that's taking Europe by storm. Chamaerops humilis 'Vulcano' was discovered as a nursery variant in Sicily by Vivai Vulcano Nursery and subsequently named for the nearby island, Vulcano. Chamaerops 'Vulcano' appears to be a tetraploid form of European fan palm, having the characteristic shorter stiff foliage, slow growth and compactness associated with that tetraploidy