Outdoor Palms

The smooth, light-grey to light-brown trunk is 12 to 18 inches in diameter, thicker at the base. The crown-shaft is 3 feet tall, bluish green in color. The crown is formed by eight to ten arching evergreen fronds that emerge from the crown-shaft. Like the name suggests, the palm fronds resemble the tail of a fox. The leaflets are wedge-shaped with jagged ends and dark green to bluish green in color in top, silvery underneath.

Specifications:

• Height: Up to 40 feet.
• Difficulty level: Easy to grow.

Planting Care:

• Sunlight: Full sun to partial shade.
• Soil: well draining and not highly acidic.
• Water: Keep the soil moist.
• Temperature: Can survive up to 30 degrees F minimum.
• Fertilizer: Controlled release of fertilizer is preferable to rapid release, water soluble fertilizer, as the latter moves through the soil too quickly to benefit the deep and spreading root system.

Care:

• The foxtail palm tree prefers a humid environment which may be provided by nearby fountains or pebble trays in the immediate area where it is grown.
• Caring for foxtail palms should include mulching, but mulch should not hug the trunk.
• Mulching helps retain moisture and discourages maintenance workers from accidentally injuring the trunk with mowers and trimmers.
• It also keeps weed growth down in the area of the foxtail palm tree.

Use
Ornamental use:

• The foxtail palm tree is suitable for container growing and may be used as an interior planting if correct growing conditions exist.
• Foxtail palm trees add majestic tropical appeal to residential and commercial landscape designs.

• A full-grown  palm house plant is quite expensive, so they are usually purchased as small, tabletop plants. They add 6 to 10 inches of growth per year until they reach a mature height of 6 or 7 feet. Areca palm is one of the few palms that can tolerate trimming without serious harm, making it possible to keep mature plants indoors for their full lifespan of up to 10 years.
• Sunlight: Palm s prefer partial shade (or partial with some sunlight), as they are more than happy in low-light conditions.
• Soil: Chalky, Loamy, Sandy moist but well-drained.
• Water: Water the plant until the soil is evenly moist. Do not over water the palm plant or leave it sitting in water. Check often to be sure that the plant is draining properly.
• Temperature: They can handle a winter rest in cooler conditions, not less than 50 F. (10 C.). They do tolerate central heating.
• Fertilizer: Feed your palm regularly during the growing season. If possible, use a palm fertilizer, which will contain all the micro nutrients and extra potassium and manganese. Potassium deficiency is especially common in palms—it shows up in yellowing or brownish fronds.

• Palms grow best when you let their roots fill the pot.
• They need soil-based potting compost and should not be repotted unnecessarily.
• They are sensitive to chemicals and will be damaged if you expose them to aerosol sprays.
• If you need to treat them with insecticides, be sure what you use is suitable for a palm.

Special Feature:

• Palms tend to lend themselves to creating shadows and reflections. You can stand a palm in an alcove that is lined with a mirror and create stunning effects. If you put one on each side of a fireplace, it’s even doubly stunning. The shadows cast by the palm’s fronds can pattern a plain wall. Spotlights can create good strong light for bold shadows.

• These are quite dramatic. Don’t position spotlights too closely because this generates too much heat for the palm to withstand. Finally, lighting the plant from below can cast shadows onto opposite walls and even the ceiling.

 They are often chosen by tropical resorts, hotels, and communities to line the streets and driveways because of their roots won't break through roads or sidewalks.

Planting Care:

• Plant Royals no closer to the house than 8 feet to allow room for the fronds to spread out and not be damaged by touching walls. You want to come out with enough distance that falling fronds don t damage anything (including people) underneath. Space these palms 8 to 10 feet apart when planting in a row. This palm is too big for growing in a container.

• Sunlight: It will take partial shade but is happiest in a full sun.
• Soil: Top soil or organic peat moss as a soil.
• Water: Water needs moderate to high it will thrive in wet swampy areas and high humidity
• Temperature: Minimum temp 32°F.
• Fertilizer: Fertilize with a good quality granular palm fertilizer containing micronutrients - do this in spring, summer and fall.

Use:
Ornamental use:

• It is extensively used for landscaping Lining a street, drive or property line As an architectural accent for a taller house Stand-alone yard specimen Flanking each side of the entrance to a large driveway

The areca is known as a cane type palm because of the bamboo cane looking stems once it's matured. They're also very similar to the feather types (especially the kentia palm) that display similar leaflets (leaves) and grows up to about the same height indoors.

Specifications:

• Displaying: An attractive species that prides itself in improving a home or office décor and makes a great focal point for large rooms, hallways, reception areas and conservatories. Many sold are about 5ft tall making them a good choice for growers that require an indoor tree type plant. As long as your ability to provide enough light and warm enough temperatures your palm will thrive wherever you decide to display it.

• Easy to grow: Most people find growing and maintaining this undemanding plant easy enough. One of the worst things a grower can do is over water and allow water to stagnate near the root system, otherwise, they're a real pleasure to grow.

• Cleaner air and non-toxic for pets: All plants clean airborne toxins for us to breath in healthier oxygen, but palms (including the gypsies lutescent) was named as one of the best air purifying plants after a scientific clean air study was completed by Wolverton and Nasa.

ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) state this plant is non-toxic to cats and dogs if ingested.

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