Chinese fan palm
Livistona chinensis
Also called Fountain palm
Houseplant · Ferns & palmsThe drooping tips on each fan are the plant, not a fault — a young one looks stiff and only starts weeping as it ages.
Care at a glance
- Ease
- Medium
- Water
- Every 9 daysDrench and drain — water the whole surface until it runs from the holes.
- Light
- Bright indirect to some direct sun
- Feed
- Every 45 days
- Humidity
- Average
- Hardiness
- Half-hardy — a light frost RHS H3, to -5°C
- Size
- 2 m tall · 1.5 m across
- Lifecycle
- Tree
- Origin
- Southern Japan and Taiwan
Is it safe for pets and people?
PetsNothing recorded against it
No animal-poison authority lists this plant either way.
PeopleNot checked yet
Nobody has checked this one against a source for us yet, so treat it as unknown rather than safe.
HandlingTake care handling it
The leaf stalks are edged with backward-pointing teeth that catch skin when you reach past them.
Checked against ASPCA and RHS on 2026-07-31. Where a source says nothing, we say nothing.
A guide, not veterinary or medical advice. If a pet or a person has eaten a plant and you are worried, call your vet or doctor now — don’t wait for signs to appear. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
First signs of trouble
- The hanging tips of the fan segments dry and brown first, working back along the fold lines.Tip burn · disorder