Indoor Kentia Palm Tree

People often use kentia palms also.

Indoor kentia palm tree.

The plants are quite forgiving and tolerant of low light conditions but do prefer an area that receives indirect light indoors. Kentia palm howea forsterana is often grown indoors. Mist indoor kentia palm occasionally to provide some humidity and to remove any dust build up. Even if your palm tree isn t suddenly stricken inadequate conditions can result in your indoor palm tree dying slowly one frond at a time.

The slow growing kentia palm howea forsteriana and the parlor palm or neanthe bella chamaedorea elegans. Kentia palms prefer well drained soil that is rich in organic matter. A slender upright stature and a tolerance for medium to low light make kentia palms ideal houseplants. Kentia palms have been used indoors since victorian times and deservedly so too.

Howea forsteriana has graced hallways hotel lobbies and palm court tea rooms since victorian times. Fertilise at least once a year and water regularly especially during dry periods. Almost unsurpassed for its tolerance of shady conditions dry air and general neglect. Palms often have shallow root systems and they do not appreciate being disturbed.

If you move it outdoors during the warm seasons of the year to give it break from indoor growth don t place it in a location that receives more sunlight than what it was used to indoors. Many of the most common palm trees grown indoors such as the kentia palm want to become trees. The kentia palm is one of the most beautiful popular and suitable palms for growing indoors. Mulch around the plants or encourage the natural mulch of fallen fronds to collect.

This palm has that exotic tropical look of arching fronds and long slender trunks. The best solution is to check the roots and revisit the care you give it. As you re no doubt aware this is a tough yet highly attractive palm capable of tolerating neglect. The kentia palm howeia is one of the world s most popular indoor palms in fact it s sometimes called the sentry palm presumably because of the entryways it guards.

Water indoor palms more sparingly watering only when dry. The kentia palm is perhaps not the most beautiful or graceful of all palm trees but it has everything you could ask for in an indoor palm. It s tolerant of low light can handler lower temperatures and it s a fairly slow grower. Kentia palms will tolerate mild frosts.

It s used throughout the world as a house and office palm for this very reason.