Mexican Fan PalmThe Toughest Tall Palm for Phoenix Heat Mexican Fan Palm The Mexican Fan Palm (Washingtonia robusta) is the ultimate heat tough, drought tolerant palm for Phoenix and the surrounding Valley. Soaring to 5070 feet at maturity with a slender, graceful trunk and a crown of bold fan shaped fronds, this palm defines the Arizona skyline. Mexican Fan Palms are incredibly low maintenance once established surviving on minimal irrigation, laughing off 115F

In a hard frost pocket below that

This makes it uniquely valuable for north-facing courtyard and garden walls in Phoenix where sun-loving vines fail

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stiff blue-green leaves with fibrous leaf margins

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slender trunk

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Gravel mulch — 2–3 inches of decorative rock around the base

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Firestick Euphorbia — adds vivid orange-red color contrast at the base of tall African Ocotillo stems

so it rarely needs frost protection in the low desert