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Loved most for its island vibes, Palm Trees are the perfect option if you’re looking to bring a tropical feeling to your garden or inside of your home! With a wide variety, outstanding root stamina, adaptability, and variety, our Palm Trees are ideal for coastal inspiration.

Type of Palm Growing Zone Annual Growth Spacing Sun Characteristics
Windmill 7-11 Slow 6 to 10ft Full or Partial Grows up to 10 to 20 feet tall, Single trunk with fan shaped fronds. Great for patio or accent that doubles for shade.
Pindo 8-11 Slow 8 to 10ft Full or Partial Round Canopy with blue-grey fronds. Has a stocky single trunk and grows up to 15 to 25 feet tall.
Needle 5-10 Fast 8 to 10ft Full Shrubby palm that is almost trunkless, hardest of all palms. Grows up to 8 to 12 feet tall.
Pygmy 8-11 Outdoors Moderate 12 to 15ft Full or Partial Dwarf palm with curving trunk and has a dense, full crown. Grows up to 6 to 12 feet tall
Ponytail 9-11 Outdoors Slow 5ft Full or Partial Swollen trunk that looks almost like a bulb with hair like leaves that grow from the top like a ponytail. Grows up to 10 to 15 feet tall.
Queen 8-11 Outdoors Moderate 15 to 25ft Moderate Single trunked palm with glossy bright green leaves and a drooping canopy. Has ornamental orange dates on them and grows to about 25 to 50 feet tall.
Coconut 9-11 Outdoors Slow 22ft Full or Partial Grows about 20 to 30 feet tall, has grey ringed bark and large crown of fronds.
Sago 8-11 Outdoors Slow 8 to 15ft Full or Partial Has thick and shiny green fronds. Grows up to 8 to 15 feet tall.
Areca 9-11 Outdoors Moderate 3 to 5ft Full or Partial Has a smooth silver green trunk with creamy white blooms on them. They also produce orange ornamental fruits on them called betel nuts. The fronds of the tree are yellowish green and grow into an upward butterfly look.

Type of Palm: Windmill Palm
Growing Zone 7-10
Annual Growth Slow
Spacing 6 to 10 feet
Sun Full or Partial: 4 to 8 hours
Characteristics Single trunk with fan-shaped fronds. Great for patio or accent that doubles for shade with no worries of making a mess as the fronds will not drop.
Type of Palm: Pindo Palm
Growing Zone 8-11
Annual Growth Slow
Spacing 8 to 10 feet
Sun Full: 6 to 8 hours
Characteristics Round canopy with blue-gray fronds. Has a stocky single trunk and grows up to 15 to 25 feet tall.
Type of Palm: Needle Palm
Growing Zone 7-10
Annual Growth slow
Spacing 8 to 10 feet
Sun Full or Partial: 4 to 8 hours
Characteristics The shrubby palm that is almost trunkless. Deer and salt resistant too!
Type of Palm: Pygmy Palm
Growing Zone 10-11 outdoors
Annual Growth Slow
Spacing 12 to 15 feet
Sun Full or Partial: 4 to 8 hours
Characteristics Dwarf palm with curving trunk and dense, full crown.
Type of Palm: Ponytail Palm
Growing Zone 10-11 outdoors
Annual Growth Slow
Spacing 5 feet
Sun Full: 6 to 8 hours
Characteristics Visually interesting trunk with a smooth texture and easy indoor growth. fronds are long and skinny and drape like a fountain.
Type of Palm: Queen Palm
Growing Zone 9-11 outdoors
Annual Growth Moderate-Fast
Spacing 15 to 25 feet
Sun Full: 6 to 8 hours
Characteristics Single-trunked palm with glossy bright green leaves and a drooping canopy, along with ornamental orange dates. The wide canopy adds extra shade to your landscape. 
Type of Palm: Coconut Palm
Growing Zone 10-11 outdoors
Annual Growth Moderate
Spacing 22 feet
Sun Full: 6 to 8 hours
Characteristics Gray-ringed bark and a large crown of fronds. Can start producing coconuts as soon as 2-3 feet of grey wood.. much sooner than other coconut varieties. 
Type of Palm: Sago Palm
Growing Zone 9-11 outdoors
Annual Growth Slow
Spacing 6 to 10 feet
Sun Bright Indirect light to Partial: 4 to 8 hours
Characteristics Dense growth with thick leaves that forms a sort of bush where the trunk isn't visible once mature.  
Type of Palm: Sylvester Palm
Growing Zone 8-11 outdoors
Annual Growth Slow
Spacing 8 to 15 feet
Sun Full: 6 to 8 hours
Characteristics A unique diamond-textured trunk that leads to a large plume of fronds on top.
Type of Palm: Areca Palm
Growing Zone 10-11 outdoors
Annual Growth Slow
Spacing 3 to 5 feet
Sun Full or Partial: 4 to 8 hours
Characteristics Clumping trunks that resemble bamboo form a clumping vase-shaped treed. Very low maintenance and perfect for container use. 

How to Grow Palm Trees

First, it’s very important that you choose the right tree that can survive in your climate. If you’re thinking about planting it in the ground year-round, you should make sure that you live in the areas that are highlighted green. If you live outside these areas, it’s best to plant your tree in a container, so you can bring it indoors during the winter months.

Sunlight needs will vary. For instance, the Needle palm requires 6 to 8 hours of full afternoon sun per day. All of the other palm trees can withstand partial or full sun exposure.

How to Plant Palm Trees

When planting in a container, select a pot with drainage holes on the bottom and one that's 2 to 3 times the size of the root ball, leaving room for those roots to get established.

While your tree is maturing, it’s important that you water it frequently to help the roots form. You should water your tree at least 2 to 3 times per week, or more if you live in a drier climate. After the roots develop a better structure, you will only need to water it two times a month.

How to Care for Palm Trees

For starters, Palm Trees are very different from regular trees when it comes to pruning. The only time you should prune your tree is when the fronds are discolored or broken. Palms get most of their energy from their fronds, so it’s important to be careful not to remove too many. By gently trimming your tree, it will not only eliminate nesting places for little critters but also prevent further damage from happening to your tree.

How Do Palm Trees Grow?

Not all Palm Trees are luxurious and tall. There are many different types, in all shapes and sizes, to fit your needs. For instance, there are some Palm Trees that have clustered trunks, resembling a shrub. Others grow into the iconic shape seen on islands and beaches.

Looking for more palm trees to add to your collection? Check out our guide to popular types of palm trees.

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The Best Cold Hardy Palm

Why Windmill Palm Trees?

Thanks to this fresh variety, the Palm isn't relegated to only tropical locales. Because the Windmill Palm is one of the most cold hardy palms available on the market today, it's a dream come true for those who want island-inspired good looks in colder climates.

Northern gardening climates, even in growing zone 7, are still able to grow this stunning island beauty. And not only is Windmill Palm cold tolerant, but it's also unbelievably low-maintenance and naturally pest resistant, too.

Plus, it's got the good looks to match its effortless ease. Magnificent in stature, the Windmill Palm has fresh, fan-like fronds that are arranged symmetrically in a bunched group. This forms a crown of stunning green foliage that grows atop the trunk and can grow 6 to 10 feet wide.

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For starters, it's versatile. A slow-growing species, the Windmill Palm is well-suited as an accent piece framing your deck, pool or driveway. And you can pot a Windmill Palm in a large container and grow it on a patio or front porch.

Furthermore, it's able to adapt to an array of soil types and is virtually debris-free, so it truly takes very little effort on your part for this tropical beauty to flourish. You get these benefits and more because we've planted, grown and shipped your Windmill Palm Tree with absolute care. We've done the hard work at the nursery so that you get a tried-and-true, well-rooted performer in your landscape.

Fundamentally easy and exotic, giving instant tropical appeal to any landscape: the Windmill Palm is considered best in class when it comes to landscape picks. The opportunities to use this gorgeous tree are endless, so order your very own Windmill Palm today!

Looking for more palm trees to add to your collection? Check out our guide to popular types of palm trees.

FAQs

How tall do Windmill Palms get?

Windmill Palms grow to around 20-40 feet tall at maturity.

How hardy is a Windmill Palm?

Windmill Palms are considered very hardy for a palm and will thrive in Zones 7-10 or down to about -10 degrees Fahrenheit.

How do you take care of a Windmill Palm Tree?

Plant in a location with full to partial sunlight and in soil that drains well. Try to avoid over and under-watering, as this is the cause of most palm tree issues.

What is the Windmill Palm's spread?

Magnificent in stature, the Windmill Palm has fresh, fan-like fronds that are arranged symmetrically in a bunched group. This forms a crown of stunning green foliage that grows atop the trunk and can grow 6 to 10 feet wide.

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We grow a palm tree in an apartment

Russia is predominantly a northern country. Maybe that's why palm trees are so popular with flower growers who grow indoor plants. They bring a bit of southern exoticism into our everyday life. Most representatives of the palm family look very impressive, so interior designers are willing to use them in their work. Almost all representatives of the palm family are tall, they occupy a fairly large space in a home or office. Most palm trees come from the tropics or subtropics. In their natural habitat, palm trees are not limited in growth, so they often reach enormous sizes. In some species, only leaves grow up to 17 m with a two-meter width. But they grow slowly, many species do not require complex care, so flower growers in our country have long and successfully grown many varieties of palm trees in urban apartments. Although the optimal place for growing such plants in captivity is, of course, a winter garden.

There are many types of palm trees that are often found in our apartments. Flower growers call such varieties - house palm trees, cultivating them as houseplants. Depending on the shape of the leaves, home palms are divided into two large groups:

How to care for indoor palms

Usually, palm trees cultivated as indoor plants need a large area. It is advisable to place them in the living room or in the spacious hall. Even if the variety you grow is not too tall, the palm remains a solitary plant, all interference must be eliminated. Keep in mind that cats are often a big threat to house palms, as their leaves can be a welcome treat for pets. Indoor palm trees need minimal care, regular and timely watering, periodic feeding with nutrients, removing dust from the leaves. A certain difficulty can only be caused by a regular transplant, and then when the plant has already reached an impressive size.

A native of the tropics needs light

Palm trees need to be grown in a bright room, into which the sun's rays freely penetrate all day. At the same time, oddly enough, tropical palms prefer bright light, but diffused. Not all of them love direct sunlight, most of them even need shading in the hottest period of spring and summer. It is necessary to protect plants from the sun from 11 o'clock to noon. For shading, it is enough to use light tulle, covering the window with a translucent curtain. But shading is needed only in the summer. From August until the onset of spring, palm trees are not afraid of the sun's rays.

Often palm trees are placed in the dark corners of the room, thus making a big mistake, since there are no indoor plants that would love the shade. There are only shade-tolerant ones. In addition, most palm trees have a fairly spreading crown, which requires uniform lighting. If this condition is not met, then the leaves will grow asymmetrically, which will worsen the decorative effect of the plant. So even a meter away from the window, it's time to think about lighting the palm tree with artificial sources.


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Temperature range

It is different for tropical and subtropical palms. The first must be kept warm in winter, while the temperature should not fall below 16 ° C. But excessive heat is also not needed, 24 ° C should be the upper limit. But subtropical palms in winter are kept in rooms with a lower temperature, about 8-12 ° C. Palm trees of any variety do not like drafts, which adversely affect their development. Especially dangerous is the cold air that enters the room during winter ventilation, when both the window and the door are open at the same time. The root system of a palm tree is very sensitive to cold, so pots and planters in which they grow cannot be placed directly on a cold windowsill or marble tile floor. To avoid hypothermia of the root system, a pot with a palm tree growing in it is placed in a larger one or in a wooden barrel, and the space remaining between the walls is insulated by filling it with expanded clay or moss.

Palm trees such as cariota, areca, coconut, acanthophenix, and chamedorea need warmth even in winter. They need a fairly high temperature and high humidity. Wintering in cool rooms should be chamerops, trachycarpus, washingtonia, etc.


How to water palm trees

All representatives of the palm family, including varieties that grow naturally in arid places, love moisture. In the summer they need to be watered almost every day, and plentifully. In winter, watering should be moderate. But only palm trees that grow in loose soil with a light texture and good drainage can be cared for in this way. The main rule that must be observed when watering is that until the next soil of the upper part of the pot, in which the palm tree grows, must have time to dry. Whereas in the depths, the soil mixture should always be slightly moist - not to be confused with damp! It is necessary to choose the frequency of watering, taking into account the air temperature in the room. For example, if a palm tree is kept in a cool room in winter at a temperature of only 5-7 ° C, watering should be carried out extremely rarely. It is enough once every one and a half or even 2 months, sometimes it can be completely replaced with light spraying. After watering, the soil in the pot should be periodically loosened.

Humidity control

Palm trees need a fairly high humidity, the optimum humidity level for them is 40-50%. To ensure it, plants need to be sprayed regularly. This procedure is especially necessary on the hottest days of summer, but in winter - only if your home or office is intensively heated. Excessive dryness of the air can adversely affect the condition of the leaves: their ends will dry out, the plants will lose their decorative effect. You need to spray the palm carefully, directing the sprayer onto the leaf from both sides - both from the top and from the bottom.


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In winter, in urban apartments, the humidity is about 20-25 percent. In such a situation, spraying becomes only a measure to reduce the criticality of the situation, while watering should not be increased against the usual volume of moisture for this season. The fact is that excessive moisture still does not compensate for the effect of dry air on the condition of the plant. Buying a humidifier can help. Or, at worst, you can hang wet sheets on the radiators. If the palms are still small, then it would be good to place a container with them on a wide pallet filled with wet expanded clay or sphagnum.

Proper transplantation of palm trees

When planning a transplant, you need to prepare the optimal soil mixture to fill the new container for your plant. It should consist of two parts of humus-leaf soil, 2 parts of light clay-soddy soil, 1 part of peat, 1 part of sand, 1 part of completely rotted manure. All this must be mixed by adding a little charcoal to the mixture. Thus, the soil will turn out to be very nutritious, the plant will develop fully. If you take ordinary soil, for example, from a garden or garden plot, or another version of a poorer soil mixture, then it will be impossible to achieve the ideal state of the palm tree, its active development.

Transplantation is carried out in the spring. Young palms that are not yet three years old require an annual transplant. If palm trees cross this line, then they can be replanted every 3-5 years. These plants, like many others, do not like transplanting too much, but if it is done correctly, then the palm tree feels good. An important condition for a competent transplant is the choice of a suitable container for planting. The state of the root system of the palm tree will help determine the pot. If its roots grow in width, approaching the walls of the pot, then the next one must necessarily be of a larger diameter. If the growth of the roots is directed downward, then you can choose a pot of the same diameter as the previous one, but its height should be greater. If during the transplantation process you see that part of the plant's roots are damaged or sick, they are removed, being careful not to damage nearby healthy tissues. Before transplanting palm trees into a pot, you need to place high-quality drainage and a pillow of 3-8 cm of compost. The thickness of the last layer depends on the age of the palm tree and the size of the pot. After that, the plant is placed in a new container and covered with prepared soil mixture. Immediately after transplanting, plants, even if they belong to the sun-loving group, should not be placed under direct sunlight. A couple of weeks after transplanting, watering the plant should be moderate.

If your palm tree is already old enough and its roots protrude strongly from the pot, and transplantation is not yet planned, then they should be covered with wet moss on top. Since adult palm trees are rarely transplanted, while they actively consume nutrients and the soil in the pot becomes depleted, even if you regularly feed the plants in spring and summer, experts recommend removing the top layer of the earth every year, replacing it with fresh soil mixture or compost.


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How and with what to fertilize palm trees

Fertilizers should be used only during the growth period, and not during the dormant season. Palm trees are fed every 2-3 weeks, using fertilizers intended for decorative leafy plants. Before fertilizing, the earthen lump must be well moistened with water. For top dressing, you can use fertilizers such as Ideal, Giant, Uniflor-growth, etc. Palm trees are not fertilized in autumn or winter. Top dressing is also not carried out within 2 months after the palm tree is transplanted into a new soil mixture.

Plant hygiene

To protect the palm tree from attack by pests such as thrips, aphids and other species, each leaf must be regularly wiped with a damp sponge. If the plant is small, then it can be completely immersed with leaves in a warm solution of Persian chamomile or green soap. The leaves are kept in the solution for 30 minutes, then they are washed with warm water. In winter, palm trees, as we have said, need to be sprayed. In summer, they can be taken out into the rain or placed in the shower, if the size of the plant allows it.

How palms are propagated

You can try growing palm trees from seeds. This does not guarantee 100% success and not everyone succeeds. The fact is that the seeds of these plants lose their germination capacity in a short time. It takes about 20-30 days to germinate fresh seeds. If the seeds are already 3-4 years old, then, under the condition of soil heating, they germinate even later - this will take from 2 to 4 months. It is better to buy fresh seeds, and do it in serious flower shops.

Before sowing, large-sized seeds with a hard shell are carefully filed without damaging the inside of the seed. If the seeds are small, and their shell is also hard, then you need to place the material for 3-4 days in warm water, the temperature of which should be approximately 35 °. The best time to sow seeds is late winter or early spring. Seeds should be soaked in warm water before sowing. Pots for seedlings are prepared small, not exceeding 15 cm in height. Otherwise, the roots of developing seedlings grow rapidly down. The bottom of the containers should have one or more holes so that excess moisture flows out through them after watering.

Each pot is supplied with drainage, after which it is filled with a soil mixture, which includes soddy soil, diluted with coarse sand in a ratio of one to three. A layer of 4 cm thick is poured over the soil mixture, consisting of pure river sand. Palm seeds are sown in it, deepening them by no more than 2-3 cm. There should be a distance of 3.5 cm between the seeds.

From above, the soil is covered with a thin layer of moss, this allows you to maintain its wet state. Germinate seeds at a temperature of 22 ° C for subtropical palms, but if you have sown seeds of tropical varieties, the germination regime should be higher - 28-30 ° C. Watering seedlings should be carried out daily, the water temperature should be warm or room temperature. When the first leaf of germinated seedlings grows to 8 cm, small palms are transplanted into pots with a wider diameter of at least 9see. They need to be filled with a soil mixture, which includes 2 parts of humus, 2 parts of leafy and three parts of soddy soil, as well as 1 part of sand. Good drainage is preliminarily laid at the bottom of the pot. Too long roots of seedlings are not shortened, but simply folded in a spiral and covered with soil mixture. The rest of the seed should never be removed; it will nourish the young plant for some time. The soil after planting should be compacted and watered abundantly.


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Palm family. Fine representatives of this family are the best representatives of ornamental and deciduous plants for growing indoors, although the best place for a palm tree is in a winter garden. Most palms are native to the tropics and subtropics. At home, palm trees grow to enormous sizes, for example, leaves can reach 15-17 m in length and 2 m in width. Nevertheless, many of the palm trees turned out to be rather unpretentious, and their rather slow growth allows them to be successfully grown in city apartments.

There are several types of so-called house palms - they can be grown as houseplants. Conventionally, according to the shape of the leaves, they can be divided into two groups:

Palm tree care at home

Most palm trees grown at home require a fairly large space. The living room or hall is best suited. Even if your palm tree is not large, it is still a single plant, and nothing should interfere with it. By the way, if there is a cat in the house, then keep in mind that a palm tree can turn out to be a very tasty green for her. Caring for palm trees is simple: timely watering, annual transplantation, periodic top dressing and rinsing the leaves from dust.

Lighting

The room where the palm tree will grow should be bright, with good sunlight. Bright diffused light is best, since not all palm trees tolerate direct sun well, most of them require shading in the hottest spring and summer time - from 11 am to 4 pm from the south and west. As a shade in the summer, a light tulle curtain on the window is enough. But this is only in summer, and from August to February, palm trees are not afraid of any sun. In winter in mid-latitudes, shading is not required at all.

Very often people try to decorate the dark corners of a room with palm trees, forgetting that there are no shade-loving indoor plants, only shade-tolerant ones. In addition, the crown of palm trees is spreading and requires uniform lighting from all sides. Therefore, already a meter from the window, it is desirable to organize additional lighting with fluorescent lamps.

Hamedorea

Temperature

Palms of tropical origin require maintenance in winter in moderately warm or warm rooms, where from 16 to 24 ° C. Palm trees, which are native to the subtropics, are best kept in winter only in cool rooms, where the temperature is about 8-12 ° C. All palm trees do not tolerate drafts well. It is especially necessary to be wary of cold air when airing a room in winter through a window and a door. Palm roots are very sensitive to cold, so do not place palm pots directly on a cold window sill or marble floor slabs. So that the root system does not overcool, a pot with a palm tree is placed in another, larger pot, or a wooden tub, and the space between the walls of the containers is covered with expanded clay, filled with sphagnum moss, or peat.

Watering

All palms, even those that come from dry areas, are quite moisture-loving, so watering is plentiful in summer, almost every day, and moderate in winter. But this concept of moisture-loving applies only to palm trees planted in loose soil with good drainage. Those. when watering, the earth should have time to dry out in the upper third of the pot. And in the depths (if you touch it with your finger) - be slightly moist all the time, but not damp. The frequency of watering directly depends on the air temperature, for example, when keeping a palm tree in a very cool room in winter (about 5-7 ° C), the plant is watered very rarely (once every 1.5-2 months), or watering is replaced by light spraying. Caring for palm trees also consists in periodically loosening the topsoil after watering.

Humidity

Palm trees love moist air, the optimum humidity for them is 40-50%. Therefore, palm trees need regular spraying, especially in summer in the heat and in winter in a heated room. Due to the dryness of the air, palm trees suffer greatly (the ends of the leaves dry) and lose their decorative appeal (see below). The water for spraying should be warm, while spraying the plant on both sides of the leaves. In winter, in apartments, the humidity is on average 20-25%, while spraying only temporarily alleviates the situation, but in no case should watering be increased. Remember that extra watering does not compensate for the lack of humidity! In such cases, hanging the batteries with wet sheets and installing an air humidifier helps, and for small palm trees, placing the pot on a wide tray with wet expanded clay or sphagnum moss.

How to transplant a palm tree

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Soil - 2 parts light clay-turf, 2 parts humus-leaf, 1 part peat, 1 part rotted manure, 1 part sand and some charcoal. This is a very nutritious soil. On poorer potting mixes, palm trees will not grow well. Palm trees are transplanted in the spring. Young palms up to 3 years - annually, older than 3 years - after 3-5 years. In general, palm trees do not really like transplantation, but if it is carried out correctly, they tolerate it well. One of the conditions for a correct transplant is the selection of appropriate dishes. To do this, you need to examine the root system of the plant - if the roots have grown in width, closer to the walls of the pot, then take a new pot of larger diameter; if the roots grew predominantly downward, i.e. deep into the pot, then a new pot should be larger than before, but not in diameter, but in height.

If diseased or damaged roots are found during transplantation, they must be removed without damaging healthy tissues.

Before planting in a pot, be sure to put good drainage and compost (well-rotted manure) is applied on top of it in a layer of 3-8 cm, depending on the age of the plant and the size of the container. Then the plant is placed in a pot and covered with earth, while the soil is slightly compacted. After transplanting palm trees, even sun-loving ones do not put in direct sunlight. Watering the first two weeks after transplantation is moderate.

If the roots of a palm tree protrude strongly from the pot, it is best to cover them with damp moss. Since adult palm trees are transplanted after a few years, and they consume nutrients quickly, despite regular top dressing in spring and summer, it is recommended to annually (if the root system allows) to remove the top layer of the earth (the most depleted), and replace it with fresh nutrient soil (you can compost - it, unlike fresh manure, does not smell).

Palm fertilizer

Apply top dressing in cases where the plant is healthy and is in a period of growth, and not dormancy. Fertilize palm trees after 2-3 weeks with fertilizers for decorative and deciduous plants.

Top dressing is carried out only after the earth ball is watered and soaked with water. You can feed with any purchased fertilizers suitable for palm trees, for example, "Ideal", "Uniflor-growth", "Tsniflor-micro", "Giant", etc. Do not feed palm trees in autumn and winter, as well as the first two months after transplanting into fresh earth.

Hygiene

To prevent the attack of thrips, aphids and other pests, periodically wipe the leaves of palm trees with a damp sponge, and small plants can be immersed with leaves in warm water with a solution of Persian chamomile or green soap. After 30 minutes, the plant must be washed with clean warm water. Palm trees are regularly sprayed, taken out in the rain in the summer, or at home for a shower, if the size of the plant allows.

Propagation of palm trees

Chamerops

Palm trees can be propagated by seeds, but this is quite difficult and not everyone succeeds. Palm seeds quickly lose their germination. Palm seeds germinate in an average of 20-30 days (liviston, washingtonia, sabal, trachycarpus), with soil heating, palm seeds stored for 3-4 years germinate in 2-4 months. Therefore, buy only fresh seeds, best in flower shops.

Before sowing, large seeds with a hard shell must be carefully filed so as not to damage the seed itself, small seeds, but also with a hard shell, are soaked for 3-4 days in warm water (30-35 ° C). Sowing seeds is best done in late winter or early spring. Seeds are soaked in warm water for 2-3 days before sowing. Pots for planting seedlings take no more than 15 cm in height, otherwise the roots of the seedlings grow strongly in length. At the bottom of the pot there must be one or more holes for water to drain.

First, put a good drainage from a crock and a mixture of river sand and expanded clay (broken red brick or small pieces of foam plastic) into the pot, then pour in a soil mixture consisting of 1 part of soddy soil and 3 parts of coarse sand. Pure river sand is poured over the soil mixture with a layer of 4 cm, into which palm seeds are sown, no deeper than 2-3 cm. The sowing density is 3-3.5 cm between the seeds. To keep the soil moist, cover it with a small layer of moss on top. The optimum temperature for seed germination is 20-22°C for subtropical palms and 28-30°C. Seedlings are watered daily with water, the temperature of which is not lower than room temperature.

When the germinated seedlings grow their first leaf, 8-10 cm in size, they are transplanted into pots 9 cm in diameter in a soil mixture consisting of 3 parts soddy, 2 parts humus, 2 parts leafy earth and 1 part sand. Good drainage is also poured into the bottom of the pot. If the seedling has a very long root, then it is folded in a spiral and covered with earth, while it is necessary to save the remainder of the seed, which will provide nutrition for the young plant. The soil is compacted and watered abundantly.

It is even more convenient to sow palm seeds in peat tablets. After the seed germinates and shoots appear, peat tablets, without violating their integrity, are planted in pots.

Place the pot in a warm and bright place, but not in direct sunlight.

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