Thanks to this massive end-of-season clearance deal, green-thumbed shoppers can now add a huge, hardy palm tree to their ...

For the smaller garden, the Mediterranean dwarf fan palm (Chamaerops humilis) is wind resistant, can grow up to 2m tall and survive down to -12c.

Regular palm trees in Kampar, Riau province. The dwarf trees are clones of a new variety bred to be 30 per cent smaller than regular oil palms when they mature.

Native palms include cabbage palm, dwarf palmetto, needle palm, saw palmetto and Texas palmetto. Some nonnative palms that do well here are the Chinese fan palm, Chinese windmill palm, lady palm ...