The leaf bases produce persistent fibres that often give the trunk a characteristic hairy appearance.

Cities as far north as London, Dublin, Paris, Seattle and Vancouver have long term cultivated palms in several areas.

The dwarf form, known as T. wagnerianus, is unknown in the wild, and is now considered synonymous with T. fortunei [2][3][4] or treated as a cultivar of that species.

Trachycarpus geminisectus, T. princeps and T. oreophilus are still too rare and small in cultivation to assess their full potential.

[4] The trunk fibres produced by the leaf sheaths of Trachycarpus fortunei are harvested in China and elsewhere to make coarse but very strong rope, brooms and brushes.