Palm Chamaerops Humilis - Multi-trunk | 2.5 - 3.0 m
🚚 Our Shipping & Delivery
+| Location | Delivery Charges (AED) | Free Delivery (AED) | Schedule Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai | 25 | 99 & Above | Everyday |
| Abu Dhabi City | 25 | 499 & Above | Saturday |
| Abu Dhabi Outskirts (Ruwais, Al Sila, Liwa, Al Batha, Al Ghuwaifat) | 25 | 999 & Above | Saturday |
| Sharjah & Ajman | 25 | 99 & Above | Everyday |
| Northern Emirates (RAK, Fujairah, Khorfakkan, Dibba, Dhaid) | 25 | 499 & Above | Friday |
Description
Bring Mediterranean character to your garden with a palm that’s built to endure. The European Fan Palm combines sculptural fan-shaped fronds with a tough, compact form that holds its own against wind, salt, and drought.
Key Features
- Architectural Fan Fronds: Stiff, blue-green fan-shaped leaves create a striking silhouette that adds structure to any planting scheme
- Exceptional Hardiness: One of the toughest palms available — tolerates drought, strong winds, and salt spray without flinching
- Clump-Forming Habit: Naturally produces multiple stems over time, creating a fuller, more dramatic display as it matures
- Slow, Manageable Growth: Stays compact for years, making it ideal for courtyards, containers, and smaller garden spaces
- Low Water Demand: Once established, requires minimal irrigation — a genuine water-wise choice for UAE landscapes
Why It Works in Dubai
As the only palm native to continental Europe, Chamaerops humilis has evolved to handle heat, poor soils, and extended dry periods. In Dubai, it performs exceptionally well in full sun positions and tolerates the region’s alkaline soils. Its wind and salt resistance also make it a strong choice for coastal and rooftop plantings.
Care Snapshot
- Light: Full sun; tolerates light shade
- Water: Low to moderate once established; drought-tolerant
- Soil: Well-draining; adapts to sandy and alkaline soils
What You’ll Receive
One European Fan Palm (Chamaerops humilis), 1.0–1.25 m in height, in its nursery grow pot — a well-established specimen ready for garden planting or a large decorative container.
*Plants are living products — slight variations in size, shape, and colour are natural and reflect the unique character of each specimen. Plants are shipped in their nursery grow pots unless otherwise specified.
- Full sun
- Heat tolerant 45°C
- Cold tolerant to -9°C
- Drought tolerant
- Salt tolerant
You are buying a young tree
It will keep growing for years after delivery. Here is how its size will change.
Tree size at delivery is what you see on the product photo. Mature size assumes good soil, irrigation and an unobstructed planting site.
How to care for this tree
Everything you need to keep it healthy in UAE conditions.
- Botanical name
- Chamaerops humilis
- Also known as
- European Fan Palm, Dwarf Palm
- Root system
- Fibrous - dense, surface-feeding
- Planting pit
- 60 cm wide×60 cm deep. Backfill with topsoil mixed 30% organic compost.
- Distance from walls
- Plant at least 3.0 m from walls, pools and drains.
- Mature size
- Height 3.0 m · matures in ~10
- Best transplant window
- Cool months Oct-Mar
- Growth rate
- Slow - gains a few cm per year
- Flowering season
- Spring
- Fertilization
- Slow-release palm fertilizer 8-2-12 + Mg every 6 months. Watch Fe/Mg/K deficiencies.
- Pruning
- Remove dead/damaged fronds annually; thin suckers if clumping not desired.
- Pests & disease
- UAE: monitor leaf chlorosis (alkaline/saline soil — apply Fe/Mg); K deficiency. Low pest issues.
When to water
UAE outdoor watering rhythm by season.
Want us to plant it for you?
Our team digs the pit, amends the soil, plants the tree, stakes it, and gives you the first watering schedule. Recommended for trees over 1.5 m or with deep root systems.
- Pit excavation & soil amendment
- Tree placement, backfill & staking
- First-watering & care handover
Trusted by Dubai for 30+ years
The same garden center that supplies Dubai's landmarks
AGC is part of Tanseeq Investment Group. Our sister landscaping firm Proscape has installed and maintained outdoor landscapes at the UAE's most iconic properties since 1992, including the same horticultural team, the same nursery, and the same standard of tree.
- Burj Khalifa
- Atlantis The Palm
- Burj Al Arab
- One Za'abeel
- Dubai Mall
- Expo 2020 Dubai
Project credentials apply to the Tanseeq / Proscape group. AGC supplies trees from the same nurseries.
Plant it the right way
Soil, fertilizer and stakes that go with this tree.
