Best Palms For Outdoor Containers

Older seed may not germinate well.

Best palms for outdoor containers. Growing palm trees in containers. The best varieties of japanese maples for containers are the kinds with weeping branches and finely cut threadlike leaves. The palm family is quite fascinating with about 2 500 species coming from many different climate zones tropical subtropical or temperate. Here are some of the more popular palm trees for pots in sun.

Adonidia adonidia merrillii also known as manila palm or christmas palm adonidia is one of the most popular potted palms for full sun adonidia is available in a double variety which reaches about 15 feet 4 5 m and a triple variety which tops out at 15 to 25 feet 4 5 7 5 m. Palms are propagated by seeds. Palm trees give your home and garden a tropical flavor with their interesting trunks and large fronds of varying shapes and textures. What palms do best in containers.

It makes a gorgeous thriller plant in a big outdoor container with showy tropic escape mandevilla and hibiscus surrounding its base. Potted palms can be used as a striking centerpiece or as exotic embellishment. Palms and cycads make striking container plants for decks patios porches and around pools adding an exotic and tropical touch to our outdoor living areas. The state tree of florida and south carolina cabbage palm is also remarkably cold hardy surviving temps of 10 to 15 f.

May 27 2013 explore marcella smith s board palm container garden on pinterest. Japanese maple trees are naturally small up to about 15 feet tall and work well in the ground or in containers. Which palm tree is good to grow on a patio. Several palm trees thrive.

Seed should be planted to its own depth in any moist proprietary potting medium that both retains moisture and is free draining. Palm trees help turn an ordinary patio into a lush green oasis. This is a large fan palm that grows slowly producing a trunk after 10 years of growth. We love to use inexpensive majesty palms everywhere in rooms that need a little life and on patios and porches.

See more ideas about planting flowers plants tropical garden. Use cabbage palm as a focal point planting individual trees or group several together to form a grove. Fresh seed can sprout within a week or two but most species take two or three months to germinate and some take up to two years. Aug 28 2016 explore katrina cook boyd s board potted palm trees followed by 184 people on pinterest.