Cerifera is a variety of the deer resistant european fan palm that hails from the atlas mountains of morocco where it grows up to 5 400 elevation.
Chamaerops humilis cerifera blue mediterranean fan palm.
8 1815 chamaerops is a genus of flowering plants in the family arecaceae the only currently fully accepted species is chamaerops humilis variously called european fan palm or the mediterranean dwarf palm it is one of the most cold hardy palms and is used in landscaping in temperate climates.
They start off with green leaves progressing to blue.
Basically the same plant as chamaerops humilis except bluish silver leaves.
Habitat distribution spreads from spain and up through france across to italy and malta and then across toward southeastern europe.
Some varieties are really silvery and incredibly ornamental.
This article introduces the mediterranean fan palm chamaerops humilis a suckering fan palm that is native to southern europe along the mediterranean coast.
It is very similar in appearance to the normal chamaerops humilis except that the narrow fan palm leaves are a different colour.
Cerifa are a lovely pale blue color which becomes more vivid as they mature.
Silvery forms seem to be a bit slower growing than normal chamaerops.