Palm trees for growing at home
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Palms are tropical plants, many of them grow in our botanical gardens. There are palms on which fruits grow, and there are those that are for beauty. In natural conditions, they grow up to 10 meters, but over time, some of the palms were "tamed" and began to grow at home, in pots, for decoration. After all, an exotic plant at home is always original and not usual. And given the fact that they are not too whimsical, and do not require much attention, recently, palm trees have gained great popularity.
Types of palms for growing at home
The most popular among the palm trees grown at home are:
Date palm
Date palms for growing at home: photo
The date, or as it is also called the Phoenix, is a genus of palm trees, of which there are about 20 species, originally the date grew only in Africa and Asia, few places in Europe. The date became so popular that it was tamed and grown at home.
Date fruits are loved in dried form, and if the fruit has not undergone any heat treatment, then at home this palm tree can be grown from an ordinary seed.
It must be planted immediately in a large pot with fertilized soil. Moreover, at home, it grows up to 2 meters in height, with the right light, temperature and watering, it blooms with small pale yellow flowers, but it will not bear fruit.
There are several types of date palm that are grown at home - these are Robelena, Canary, Palchaty.
Washingtonia
Washingtonia palm trees for growing at home: photo
This is a tree palm that came to us from the USA and Mexico. Palm Washingtonia just like the rest is grown for design. In a pot, it grows up to two meters in height. The most interesting thing about this palm is that the upper leaves are green, and the lower ones are grayish-yellow, this is its normal, natural color. It grows very quickly in height, the larger the pot, the taller it will grow in a short time.
Indoors, she rarely blooms, but still, if she has enough light and watering, flowers may appear. And due to the fact that it easily tolerates small frosts, depending on the climate, this palm tree will feel great in your garden, and then it can grow up to 5 meters, and its leaves will be huge, up to half a meter in diameter.
Hovea
Hovea palm trees for growing at home: photo
In the wild, it only grows on Lord Howe Island. But this palm tree has two species that grow easily in a pot, this is Forstera - tall, cool-loving. If the pot is large enough, it will grow quickly. Belmora is a low palm tree that has small leaves and is suitable for any room size. But at home, this palm tree does not bloom, it needs humidified clean air, and regular watering.
Rapis
Palms Rapis for growing at home: photo
This palm tree came to us from Japan and China. In the wild, there are about 15 species, but only two are grown in pots at home - Rapis high and Rapis low. Tall grows up to 3 meters, does not bloom and has large leaves. But Low reaches a maximum of 1.5 meters, its leaves are small and it blooms beautifully at home, only it happens rarely.
This plant does not like shade and direct sunlight at all, but otherwise it can adapt to any conditions. The most important thing is moderate, regular watering. After all, if there is too much moisture, or, on the contrary, too little, then your palm tree will simply disappear.
Karyota
Cariota palm for growing at home: photo
It grows only in the tropics, and has more than 10 species. This palm tree can easily cross between the species of its fellows.
At home, only 2 species of this palm are grown, Gentle and Wine. Gentle - grows at home up to 2.5 meters, and grows very wide in width.Wine - it is also burning, it also grows up to 2.5 meters, and has small red fruits filled with acid.
All this palm tree needs is regular, abundant watering. She doesn't need anything else, and she adapts to any conditions.
Read more about this amazing palm tree here.
Cryosophila
Cryosophila palms for growing at home: photo
It grows in the tropics, from where it came to us. It grows very quickly, and its growth can be adjusted by the volume of the pot in which it grows. She is not whimsical and tolerates drought and shade well.
Hamedorea
Palm Hamedorea for growing at home: photo
It also came to us from the tropics, it grows very slowly, and the maximum for it is 1.5 meters in height, moreover, it does not grow higher in nature or in a pot, but it has a very lush crown, which looks very beautiful. It blooms in a pot with yellow small flowers, is not whimsical at all, but requires regular, abundant watering. More about the plant here.
Liviston palm
Liviston palms for growing at home: photo
The palm tree grows in Southeast Asia. She grows very quickly in a pot, the main thing is that he would be her size. She looks original, due to the fact that her leaves grow in the form of a fan. This palm tree is not whimsical at all, and the only thing that it hates is excess moisture.
Many do not start palm trees just because they believe that they need special care and special maintenance, but this is not the case. It is very easy to grow her at home, and she is absolutely not whimsical and requires no more attention than other indoor plants.
