Various specie of medallion can grow multiple trunks . They are often used in succulent landscaping where they can cater a multidimensional focal point in the garden or be featured as specimen plant . Multiple trunks often mean additional maintenance and can be expensive to purchase in some nursery markets .
Senegal Date Palm
The Senegal escort palm(Phoenix reclinata ) is dauntless in U.S. Department of Agriculture district 9b through 11 . It is a true multi - trunked medallion with older shorts growing nearly horizontal along the basis . The Senegal date palm is slow - growing , which make large specimens particularly expensive . The frond are pinnated , meaning they look like pairs of leaflet along a central support . This palm has long spines at the base of the frond . It flowers and raise a small particular date that does not particularly attract wildlife . While often mistaken for the Pigmy date palm , the Senegal escort ribbon is hardy and grows to a larger size .
Pigmy Date Palm
Pygmy date palm ( Phoenix roebelinii ) is hardy in USDA zones 10a through 11 . While the Pygmy date palm is not truly a multi - trunked palm , it is often cultivated in a two- or three - trunk form for sales event in nurseries . The pigmy date medallion is sensible to freezing . It should be wrapped to protect the automobile trunk from freezing impairment if cold temperatures are predicted to persist . Like the Senegal date decoration , it blossom and clear a small date fruit and has pinnate leaflets . Pigmy date palm have long modified leaflets at the stem of the leaf that are spikelet and can penetrate even thick work gloves .
European Fan Palm
Chamaerops humilis , or European fan palm , is a popular multi - trunked landscape medal . It is fearless in USDA zones 8b through 11 , and tolerates mild winters well . European fan palm is a slow - growing thenar with folio that are palmate , mean they spread out from a primal point much like fingers . The leafstalk , or root word , of the frond has small backbone that weight upward and can be dangerous when snip . As it is slow - growing , it can command a gamy terms in the nursery industry , often increase with the issue of trunks rise on the specimen . It is often confused with the windmill decoration ( Trachycarpus fortunei ) which is hardy in zones 8a through 11 . While the windmill laurel wreath is like , it has no back and is a single - trunked ribbon that can be clustered or manipulated to uprise into multiple short pants .
Maintenance
Multi - trunked laurel wreath will endeavor to grow extra tree trunk . These suckering growth should be removed and the area around the trunks keep absolved . If the palm is a single - trunked tree planted in a radical or cluster , the individual tree trunk should be supported and kept free of weeds .
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