**GROWN ON OUR FARM HERE IN TENNESSEE** ** 5 MEXICAN FAN PALM SEEDS ** Mexican Fan Palm Trees - (Washingtonia robusta) Photo Large, rapid growing, and "COLD HARDY" all describe the Mexican Fan Palms. Native to the riparian washes and gullies of Northern Mexico, Baja, Southern California and Arizona Mexican Fan Palm trees are very drought and salt tolerant! Photo Mexican Fan Palms (Washingtonia robusta) have many fine attributes including salt resistance and fast rate of growth. The cold hardy Mexican Fan Palm has a slender trunk topped with crowns of large fan-shaped evergreen fronds. Cold Hardy Mexican Fan Palm Tree Overview Soaring to over 100 ft (30.5 m), this skyscraper of the palm world is a striking sight. Photo** Zone 7-11 ** Mexican Fan Palms have: A gray trunk ringed with closely set leaf scars although usually at least part of the trunks remain covered with dead leaves that hang in a thatch. The solitary trunks, about 10-12 in (25.4-30.5 cm) in diameter, bulge at the ground and become slender as they approach a crown of large palmate leaves with gracefully drooping leaflet tips. Photo #1086