Indoor palm tree - a piece of tropical forest in a tub. Advantages of a station culture
Hanging pots are good because they allow you to plant fragrant flower beds even in places where there is very little space. Choosing the right plants, you can turn small city balconies into real "hanging gardens". Here are a few plants that are most suitable for this purpose.
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1. Touchy
An annual plant with a funny name "touchy" looks very decorative. It grows well in hanging pots and outdoors, producing many beautiful flowers. Due to its abundant flowering, touchy is an excellent option for decorating balconies.
2. Sedum Morgana
This plant is also called stonecrop Morgan, monkey tail and donkey tail. Its long stems, covered with fleshy leaves, really resemble tails. When the stonecrop blooms, beautiful pink tassels of small pink flowers appear at the ends of its “tails”. The plant is very unpretentious: it loves sunlight very much, but feels good in the shade.
3. Chrysanthemums
This beautiful flower grows well both in pots and in open ground. In autumn, many flowers bloom on the chrysanthemum bushes that do not fade for a very long time.
4. Fountain Grass
An unpretentious and very beautiful fountain-grass with moderate watering and good lighting will actively grow all year round.
5. Tradescantia
This unpretentious plant has many species that are actively grown for decorative purposes. All tradescantias are very hardy, and if you do not create too extreme conditions for them, then they will delight others with their variegated leaves and small, elegant flowers for a long time.
6. Verbena
There are many types of vervain with beautiful, bright flowers that will be a worthy decoration for any flower garden. Verbena grows well in pots. She loves the light, but is afraid of direct sunlight. And for a long and abundant flowering, she needs the soil to be constantly moist.
7. Lobelia
Lobelia comes in white, soft blue, bright blue and purple. With simple care, it grows in thick "caps", completely covered with delicate flowers. Flowering stems of lobelia hang from pots like a real curtain. In order for this extremely beautiful plant to retain its decorative appearance for a long time, it must be protected from direct sunlight. Otherwise, annual lobelia will fade very quickly.
8. Lavender
Lavender feels good in pots and pleases its owners with delicate flowers and exquisite aroma. She loves the light very much and does not like crowding. If you provide lavender with sunlight and sufficient space, then it will be fragrant for a very long time.
9. Burdock
This plant somewhat resembles an unusual bluish-white rose. With its presence, the burdock will decorate any garden. The plant prefers partial shade and does not tolerate direct sunlight.
10. Petunia
Petunia is one of the most popular ornamental plants. It blooms profusely and for a long time with large fragrant flowers and does not require complicated care at all. There are many types of petunias, and hanging pots are best suited for hanging pots, which, growing, hang down to the floor in a thick floral curtain.
More and more often you can find living palm trees in city apartments and country houses.
This amazing tropical plant is an original and beautiful piece of interior decor and attracts flower growers with its large exotic leaves.
There are more than three and a half thousand palm trees in the world, but the list of plants suitable for growing in pots and tubs is much smaller.
This is due to the fact that most species reach gigantic sizes and it is not possible to keep them in the limited space of the earth. Yes, and those palm trees that have been “domesticated” need care and attention from the grower.
Therefore, before acquiring a palm tree of one kind or another, you need to study the features of each, and correlate your desires with the possibilities.
This will help the description and photos of different types of palm trees suitable for indoor floriculture.
Date (Phoenix)
By far the most popular of the palms. Its fruits - sweet dates, can be found everywhere, they are a favorite delicacy from young to old.
And, in this regard, flower growers are tempted to plant a date seed. This enterprise will be crowned with success, because the seeds of the date are easily germinated and the palm tree will grow and delight you, but not for long.
Varieties
Robelin- adapted for growing at home, grows to a height of no more than three meters. And, what is especially pleasant, it is able to bear fruit at home. The peculiarity of the date palm is that it can have more than one trunk;
Date finger- a spectacular palm tree that grows both in the wild and in apartments. As a pot culture reaches a height of two meters.
Washingtonia (Washingtonia)
Often used in decoration. Her leaves are quite large and palmate (fan-shaped). Easily adapts to room conditions and includes several varieties suitable for this.
Varieties
Washingtonia filifera (filamentous)- a species native to North America. Her dried leaves do not fall off, but fall down, forming a kind of "beard" and practically hide the trunk.
Washingtonia robusta (strong)- originally from Mexico and has a more compact size than the thread-bearing.
Those who decide to have such a copy at home should remember that Washingtonia is growing very quickly and after 5-6 years there will not be enough space in the room. He likes good lighting, abundant watering, heat and high humidity.
Howea
Native to the coast of Australia. It has large feathery leaves.
It takes root quite well at home and suffers from a lack of light, while the leaves remain green, do not dry or turn yellow, even with insufficient air humidity.
The palm tree is immune to spider mites and other pests.
The plant is almost not affected by spider mites and other pests. In addition, the palm tree grows very slowly, and will delight you with its beauty for a longer time.
Rhapis
The palm tree is native to Asia. Well adapted to home conditions and easily tolerates drought and low soil moisture.
But if she lacks light, then this directly affects her appearance.
It has its own varieties of indoor palms.
Varieties
Rapis excelsa (high) - does not tolerate direct sunlight. Differs in slow growth and it can be planted several pieces in a pot, to achieve greater decorative effect;
Rapis multifida (Multicut) has large incisions on the leaves, similar to fingers.
Hamedorea (Chamaedorea)
The palm tree is native to Mexico. Under natural conditions, it grows in groups or “hides” in forests, because it is afraid of the hot sun and wind. It adapts quite easily to apartments and their low humidity.
It grows slowly and can be planted in a pot of two or three pieces. Grows in one stem. Cirrus foliage, drying up, droops. It is affected by spider mites, slugs and pests that eat the leaf plate, provided that the palm tree is taken out into the garden in summer.
If the palm tree is poorly cared for, the leaves will turn brown or brown.
Varieties
Chamedorrhea metallica. The leaves, divided into feathers, have a glossy surface and a metallic or bluish sheen;
Hamedorea graceful. Grows well, not capricious, loves blackout. The leaves are pinnate. It blooms with small yellowish fragrant flowers;
Hamedorea single color- has thinner and longer leaves than graceful;
Hamedorea high- grows up to five meters in height. The long branches are profusely covered with narrow green foliage. Planted several palm trees in a pot;
Chamedorea Ernest-August- the smallest palm tree of this species. The leaves are broad and glossy, the flowers are bright orange.
Caryota
The palm tree has original rich forked leaves resembling a fish tail in shape - therefore, this is how it was called by the people. He loves the sun and frequent feeding, thanks to which he adapts quite easily to home conditions.
But in order for the plant to be strong, with shiny leaves and show immunity to pests, it is necessary to maintain a fairly high humidity.
While the palm tree is young, it grows very slowly, but when it reaches a height of one and a half meters, it accelerates. One of the few palm trees that blooms, but only once a year.
In flower shops you can find mitis (soft)- grows in 2-3 stems; and karyota urens (burning)- has only 1 stem.
Liviston (livistona)
Fan palm, characterized by rapid growth and unpretentiousness. However, with a lack of air humidity, the hanging ends of the leaves begin to dry. At the age of five, it reaches its maturity.
Several varieties have been adapted for indoor floriculture.
Varieties
Livistona chinensis (Chinese) despite the small size of the palm tree, it does not have enough strength to grow and develop normally at home, even if it is fed and transferred to larger pots;
Liviston saribus- the leaves are shorter and the plants themselves are noticeably more compact.
Other types
bamboo palm, got its name because of the similarity of leaves with leaves. It grows quickly, care is not demanding. The main condition for good growth is frequent and plentiful watering.
Coconut Weddel can be grown at home, but the tree is demanding on air humidity, temperature and light.
Brachea- has leaves shaped like a fan. Unpretentious. Grows well on clay-sandy substrate. Does not like waterlogged soil.
Butia- a chic, but very capricious palm tree: it grows for a long time, does not like drought and stagnant water. Requires good lighting and high soil moisture.
Giophorba- a small but spectacular palm tree. Requires daily spraying of foliage with lime water. It is necessary to provide her with high humidity and good sunlight, without direct rays.
All of them are spectacular enough to be tempted and turn them on at home. And most of them require compliance with a set of standard rules, which we describe below.
Care
Flower shops offer us palm trees not only of different varieties, but also of age. Now it is quite affordable to buy an already developed adult palm tree grown in a special nursery, but you should not rush with such a purchase.
Firstly, such an instance will be quite expensive, and, secondly, an adult palm tree adapts much worse to environmental conditions and care.
Therefore, when choosing a palm tree, it is worth giving preference to younger trees.
Although they are not as spectacular as adults, you can observe all the features of their growth and development.
Palm leaves are the most valuable for decorating a room. Palm trees of different varieties differ in the shape of the leaves.
The leaves can be wide or narrow, straight or rounded. It is important to remember that palm leaves cannot be cut off - this can lead to the death of the plant.
Of particular danger is damage to the growth point.
Watering
Reproduction is carried out exclusively by seeds while maintaining a constant temperature of 27 ° C. This is a rather complicated and time-consuming process, so it is recommended to buy a ready-made seedling.
Pest protection
To do this, occasionally you will need to wipe the foliage with soapy water.
When planting a palm tree at home, it is worth remembering that it is a representative of tropical flora and room conditions, despite adaptation, are not very suitable for it.
According to statistics, only a few out of a hundred sprouted palm trees survive in room conditions!
However, if you provide her with all the necessary conditions and constant care, then she will harmoniously fit into the interior of the house and will delight with her appearance and health.
Many potted plants can be sheared into various shapes. Boxwood and laurel, Portuguese laurel cherry or privet can be sheared in the shape of a ball, skittles or pyramid. Some plants, such as high-stemmed laurels, even have artificially curved trunks. Others, such as pine and Japanese holly, large bonsai give the garden an oriental charm. Plants in tubs can be arranged in such a way that it looks like they are growing directly from the soil. In this way, you will enrich your garden with exotic plants that, if planted directly in the ground, would survive only one season.
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Surrounded by beds, plants in tubs look even more natural, provided that the tubs are recessed into the ground. The easiest way to do this is to lower an empty tub of a slightly larger size into the hole in the ground (without soil, to avoid stagnant moisture) and then place the plant in the tub there. Then the edges will not sprinkle into the hole. In autumn, plants can be easily pulled out of the hole, and in the spring they can be placed back in the garden.
To replenish your collection of indoor flowers with a real live palm tree? Why not? Indoor palm trees are unpretentious plants, it’s not so difficult to care for them, but it’s not worth talking about how impressive this tree will look in the house. True, they have one drawback - a room palm tree grows very large.
But they do not reach their giant sizes soon. So you have to enjoy the view of a small and neat palm tree for a long time. The point is small - to choose the appropriate type of palm tree and learn how to care for it. All types of indoor palms are divided into two main groups (according to the shape of the leaves): pinnate (date, coconut, hamedorea, howea) and fan-leaved (trachycarpus, hamerops, Liviston palm). What are they?
The date palm (Phoenix genus) has as many as seventeen species. In the wild, it grows mainly in Africa and India. But the actually popular domestic palm "date palm" in the wild does not exist. This tree with a columnar "shaggy" trunk eventually grows up to the ceiling! Its leaves are dark green, pinnate, curved in an arc, capable of reaching six meters in length. By the way, it is this palm tree that is easy to grow from the seed of a dried date, which will definitely sprout in an ordinary flower pot (although it will take a lot of time). And this tree will acquire a more or less decorative look only after five to seven years.
Therefore, for indoor cultivation, a date palm with inedible fruits, the Robelin date, is more suitable. This is a low (up to two meters) ornamental tree with a lush crown, gracefully curved leaves and an indispensable attribute of a palm tree - a “shaggy” trunk (and sometimes with several trunks).
Areca is a beautiful palm tree that came to us from the tropical forests of India. She has a flexible trunk, ringed with many characteristic scars (remains of leaf petioles). And the areca crown is a powerful bunch of feathery leaves on the “crown” of the trunk. In room conditions, it grows up to two meters in height, and its leaves reach a meter in length.
Trachycarpus is considered the most adapted variety of indoor palms to room conditions. This is a palm tree with a straight “bottle-shaped” trunk and huge fan-shaped fan leaves. It is noteworthy that trachycarpus blooms with fragrant white or yellow flowers and even bears fruits - blue-black berries. Two of its most famous species are Martius' trachycarpus and Fortune's trachycarpus.
Complements varieties of indoor palms and the genus Caryota. This amazing tree looks very different from its fellow "palm tribe". The unique leaves of this palm tree have the shape of an elongated triangle, the wide ends of which seem to be deliberately, but carelessly cut off. In addition, this is the fastest growing tree of all indoor palms, but it lives for a relatively short time - about twenty years.
Coconut palm is not the best option for home growing. She is very, very photophilous, and therefore more suitable for winter gardens and greenhouses. In room conditions, they usually contain only Weddel coconut and nut-bearing coconut. For home cultivation, palm trees such as Belmore's howea and Foster's howea, all types of hamedorea, Liviston's palm, and squat hamerops are excellent.
Almost all indoor palm trees require the same conditions of detention. Most of them will first need a spacious room. Because even if your palm tree has not yet reached its impressive size, it will not tolerate close proximity to other indoor flowers, since in fact it is a single plant.
Like any indoor flowers, a palm tree needs proper lighting, a comfortable temperature and sufficient air humidity.
- Lighting. Palm trees are photophilous plants - they need bright, but always diffused light, so the room where your palm tree will be kept should be not only spacious, but also bright. Palm trees can hardly tolerate direct sun, so it will have to be shaded from them.
- Temperature. Tropical palm trees (areca, cariota, coconut, hamedorea). Therefore, you understand, they need a room with warm air. However, those palm trees whose wild relatives grow in the subtropics (brachea, chamerops, trachycarpus, washingtonia) for the winter are best moved to rooms with cool air. What all palm trees, without exception, are similar in is the fear of drafts. And they all need protection of the roots from the cold. Therefore, tubs and pots with these heat-loving trees should not be placed on a cold floor or window sill.
- Air humidity. Palm plants are moisture-loving. They can hardly tolerate dry air and need constant spraying, especially in hot weather. To alleviate the suffering of these tropical creatures, they should not be sprayed, but only warm water should be taken for this, and the leaves should be moistened on both sides.
How to care for a palm tree?
Such a houseplant as a palm houseplant, in addition to suitable conditions of detention, also needs easy, but regular care. How to take care of her? The main care for indoor palm trees comes down to proper watering, timely transplanting, feeding and protection from diseases.
Watering. In summer - daily and plentiful, in winter - moderate. In general, the frequency and intensity of watering is directly related to air temperature. The hotter, the more often and more generously we water the palm tree. However, waterlogging is also undesirable for her. The earth in a tub with a flower should be wet all the time, but only slightly.
I repot palm trees as they grow. Young and actively growing trees - annually, older ones - less often. The need for transplantation is determined by the tightness of the pot. From the small flower tub that has become, the palm tree is transplanted in the spring into a more spacious cylindrical dish. In this case, the new pot should be quite a bit larger than the previous one. The transplant itself is carried out according to the general rules of indoor floriculture.
Like other indoor flowers, palm trees need to be fed. Young or newly transplanted trees do not need to be fed for the first six months. Adult palms are fertilized during the period of active growth (March-September) once a week. Feed them with regular flower fertilizers according to package directions.
As you can see, an unpretentious indoor palm tree requires almost minimal personal care. If you take care of it properly, then your palm tree will not hurt. However, such troubles are still not excluded. The so-called diseases of indoor palms:
- Brown (dry) leaf tips. The reason is dry air, insufficient watering. Treatment - regular watering, spraying, trimming dried tips.
- Yellowing foliage. The reason is insufficient watering.
- Rusty spots on leaves. The reason is waterlogging of the soil, watering with hard water, a sharp drop in temperature.
- Drying of young leaves. The reason is too much sunlight. Treatment - shading the plant.
- Cessation of growth. The reason is too cold and damp room, lack of nutrients. Treatment - moving the plant to a warm place, top dressing.
- Drying of lower leaves. Natural process. Such leaves are simply removed by carefully cutting off the trunk.
Here is such an interesting indoor palm flower - a spectacular, large and unpretentious plant. A small piece of tropical forest in a tub.