Trachycarpus fortunei – There are two more males on the street. They were purchased at two different times but look and perform very similarly with a nicely shaped crown. For the curious, I planted 5gal plants. My strip is 4 1/2′ wide. The mature canopy is 10′ wide. The fronds are stiff enough that they can take quite a bit of abuse. For several years they ‘pushed’ pedestrians out of their paths and sometimes people would break or cut!!! the worst offenders off. No one turned me into the City’s nuisance office. Thank you! They would have given me 30 days to comply with the 7′ head clearance rule or sent in a contractor, billed and fined me. Still, it didn’t happen and they look great. And, yes, that is Yucca rostrata ‘Blue Sapphire’ in the foreground, planted at the same time, like so many of my plants, over ten years ago.
