Indoor Palm Trees TypesTypes of Palm Trees to Grow as Tropical House PlantsIndoor palm trees types. Types of palm trees that perform best as exotic house plants. Also, palm-like indoor trees you can raise as unusual, easy house plants.
Palm Tree Indoor
Not every palm will make the best house plant. Some don't like growing in containers. Some grow so quickly that they would need constant repotting and would soon be bumping into the ceiling. Some palms need such intense light that they could only be grown indoors as a green house plant. These are the most "user friendly" palm tree types for growing as indoor house plants.
The fan-shaped leaves of the Rhapis excelsapalm are divided into 7-10 finger-like segments. This southern China native will lend an Asian air to any environment in which it is grown. Lady Palms are unsurpassed for indoor longevity. There are variegated Rhapis varieties which are especially striking. Your variegated Rhapis palm will require a bit more light than the plain green types. All the Japanese Rhapis palms make delightful indoor potted plants. Besides R. excelsa, there is also Rhapis laosensis, humilis, chiyodazuru and multifida. The lady palm tree is very slow growing (1-2 new leaves per year)so buy the size you want in the first place. It is a good air cleaning house plant.
This is one of the easiest to care for indoor palm trees.
Areca palm tree care, propagation and cold tolerance. Chrysalidocarpus lutescens syn. Dypsis lutescens. Treating yellowing areca palms.
Best practices for Christmas palm tree care. Veitchia merrillii rate of growth. Manila palm's height. This is also called Manila palm or royal dwarf palm because of its close resemblance to the
royal palm tree.
Mediterranean fan palms (a.k.a. European fan palms) are compact clump forming palms that can slowly reach a height of 15 feet. Chamaerops humilis looks dramatic in a container and is rugged enough to do well as an indoor palm tree.
Indoor Palm Tree Carep align=center>Art Print Indoor palm plant care instructions. Caring for different types of indoor palm trees. Growing potted palm trees. Indoor palm culture.
Palm-like Indoor TreesThe following types of indoor plants trees are palm lookalikes. These tall, easy, popular house plants are simpler to maintain than most indoor palm plants.Also, some of the taller
yucca plants
are palm-like in appearance. These are often called yucca palm trees or simply yucca trees.
Beaucarnea Recurvata has many aliases: bottle palm, elephant’s foot palm,nolina, monja... The funny thing is that it’s not a palm at all. It’s a caudiciform.
Dracaena fragrans is called the indoor corn plant because its leaves closely resemble those of the world's most popular grain. They are green, 4-5 inches wide and can grow to a length of 18 inches. In bright light, a lengthwise yellow stripe will appear in the center of each leaf.
Dracaena deremensis encompasses several attractive plants. The most well known of the group is the cultivar 'Janet Craig'. Its 4 inch wide, dark green leaves can reach a length of 18 inches. This gives mature plants a palm-like appearance.
Art Print It will grow well indoors in a brightly lit location. Given enough food and water it might even fruit!
Sago palms are good palm tree house plants when they are small. A mature sago will likely spread too wide to be kept indoors but this won't become a problem for many years due to the sago palm tree's slow growth rate. The sago's rough brown trunk and tuft of dark green fronds have deceived many people into thinking it is a palm tree. It really isn't. It's a cycad.
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