Indoor Palm Trees

Palm trees are common and very popular plants. They are used to make beautiful landscapes in hotels, parks, gardens and many other places. These are typically tropical plants and growing them indoor, can sometimes be a challenging task, especially for people who grow them in the cooler regions. When they are arranged in a specific pattern for landscaping or in any other landscape design, this beautiful sight is worth watching. Having palm trees indoors, makes the air around cool and breezy. If you are planning to grow these palms indoors, proper care should be taken to grow them healthily.

Indoor Palm Tree Care

The kentia and parlor palms are the most popular types of indoor trees. Some palm trees types are the Areca Palm, Bamboo Palm, Lady Palm, Majesty Palm, Pygmy Date Palm, Sago Palm. Most of the palms like bright light but might not tolerate shades and that is why they can be kept as indoor plants. To grow healthy indoor palms, it is necessary to give them a perfect position to grow, good soil, adequate water, fertilization and a tropical type temperature.

Position
Though the palms are tropical plants, they do not like direct sun. Humidity does make them joyous but you can keep them in partial shade. Keep them near the windows, or at places where they can get sunlight and make sure they are not exposed to direct sunlight. Also, placing them near the windows is one of the options. You can also add some amount of mulch that will nourish the roots.

Soil
There is a misconception that being tropical plants, palm are water plants. As the palms are the plants of the tropical side, they need soil which can drain water the best. They do not like heavy soil, and prefer soil having a sandy mixture. Mixing equal amounts of peat moss and sand is the best for palm trees, as they hold moisture and the water is well drained. Feed the soil with fertilizers in the growing season.

Fertilizers
As these plants are of tropical origin, they require nutrients and they thrive mostly in sandy soil which drains, by which the nutrients might leach away. Improper fertilization and lack of nutrients causes some of the common problems to palm trees. These indoor palms do not need bountiful fertilizers as they are in low light, less heat, low humidity and have somewhat cramped roots. Over fertilization might burn the roots of these palms. At your local nursery, you can ask for fertilizers particularly made for these trees or you can even use homemade fertilizers. Other care tips include weeding and trimming.

Water
Indoor palms need regular watering as they are tropical by nature. If they are planted in soil that can easily drain water, watering them regularly is not an issue. A careless schedule of watering might make the palms weak and slow down their growth. The more water the palm gets, the faster it grows. But if the soil has poor draining properties, or it is soggy, the water might not drain leading to rotting of the roots. It is necessary to leach the palms once in 3 months, as the tap water containing salts can sit in the soil which damages the roots. You can place a pan under your potted palm and empty it once the water from the soil is drained completely. Make sure that the palm root ball is not sitting in water as this might damage the root.

Artificial Palm Trees
Nowadays, there are many artificial plants that are also used as house décor. There is not much maintenance like watering, fertilizing, or any other care that has to be taken for these plastic plants except for cleaning the dust sitting on them. These plants also look just like the real ones. You can have indoor as well as outdoor artificial palm trees. These artificial trees are very easy to maintain. They can be easily moved and placed wherever.

Caring for palm trees is a must. These trees are the best choice for indoor gardening as it beautifies the place even more.