Kentia Palm

Kentia palm

The Kentia Palm is a perfect indoor palm. Elegant, air-purifying and resilient, it can tolerate some neglect, cooler temperatures and dry air conditions making it a low maintenance and trouble-free palm to provide lush, leafy, tropical foliage and an exotic element to any home or office interior.

Are Kentia palms indoor or outdoor?

The Kentia Palm also known as the Sentry Palm, Thatch Leaf Palm and scientifically Howeia Forsteriana is a great indoor plant for home and office. It is a tropical evergreen palm that can also grow outdoors in cooler climates.

Are Kentia palms easy to care for?

Several palm species, for example parlour palm (Chamaedorea elegans) and kentia palm (Howea forsteriana) are easy to grow indoors, needing little special care and tolerating fairly low light levels. Others require more care but are still rewarding houseplants over a long period.

Why do Kentia palm leaves turn brown?

Brown Tips: Insufficient Humidity Dry and crispy frond tips are a sure sign that your Kentia is craving moisture, so plan on boosting its misting routine as well. Misting your plant liberally (up to 3-5 times a week) will make a tremendous difference.

How often should I water a Kentia palm?

Water. Your Kentia Palm enjoys weekly waterings. Allow her soil to dry out between waterings, especially during the winter - when you might only need to water your plant fortnightly.

Where should I put my Kentia palm?

plant care The Kentia Palm likes bright indirect light, but will be happy and healthy in shadier spots, too.

How long does a Kentia palm live?

Caring for the plant is not too difficult. If you stick to a few measures when caring for your Kentia palm, the plant can even easily live for up to 50 years.

Can Kentia palms take full sun?

Kentia palms prefer shade to partial shade but still can adapt to full sun if planted outside. This species can tolerate temperatures of 100°F if not in direct sun.

Do you need to repot Kentia palm?

Surprisingly, despite their eventual size, the Kentia palm makes a really good houseplant. Crucial to its success are two things, watering and repotting, or rather, not repotting. With any plant, getting the watering right is pretty critical to its success, and the same is true for your Kentia palm.

Should I cut the brown leaves off my Kentia palm?

Brown leaf tips are common on kentia palms. The main reason is that the air is too dry. It may also be too cold, or the plant may have been under watered. You can cut the brown tips off, but don't cut into green growth as this will just create brown tips again.

Should I cut the brown tips off my palm?

Cut leaves that are entirely brown or yellow at the base – near the stem or at the soil. Be sure not to tug the leaves, as this can damage healthy parts of the plant. If only part of the leaf is brown or yellow, remove only the affected area.

What does an overwatered palm plant look like?

Signs of Overwatering in Palms Trees Drooping leaves. Black spots on leaves and stems. Mold on the surface of the soil. Yellowing leaves.

Can you overwater a Kentia palm?

Kentia Palm Watering This plant prefers to be well-hydrated but never soggy, as overwatering can lead to root rot. Since the Kentia Palm is adapted to the porous lava rock soil of Hawaii, it's actually rather hard to overwater compared to most other houseplants.

What do you feed Kentia palms?

Once Kentia palm plants have established, they require very little care. Feed your container grown plants with a controlled release fertilizer with an NPK ratio of about 3-1-2. Excessive fertilization may cause the tips of lower leaves to turn brown and die.

How do I bring my Kentia palm back to life?

Try drying out the soil a bit before the next watering - this could take a few weeks. If the yellowing continues, root rot may have set in. Check the soil and if there is plenty of moisture, offer your Kentia a soil change and trim damaged dark and soft roots. Healthy roots will be white and firm.

Can Kentia palms grow in pots?

You can leave a Kentia Palm for many years in the same pot, as long as you can still get water through the pot, it will survive. If you allow your Kentia to become potbound, its growth will slow down, and when you repot it, it will be less likely to suffer shock, than if growing rapidly.

How big can a Kentia palm grow?

Kentia Palm is a member of the Palm family, and grows on Lord Howe Island east of Australia beneath the foliage of larger trees. This means that it's used to getting little sunlight. In the wild the palm can reach a height of 18 metres and a width of 6 metres, with 3 metre long leaves.

Can a Kentia palm live in low light?

The kentia palm prefers indirect sunlight, but can also thrive in low light conditions—never direct sunlight. It would enjoy sunlight filtered through a curtain, but could also do well on a wall further away from your window as long as it is getting some light. The container for your kentia palm matters, too.

How often should you repot a Kentia palm?

Repot every three years in the spring, using a 'Houseplant' labelled and the next sized pot with adequate drainage. Hydrate the plant 24hrs before tinkering with the roots to prevent the risk of transplant shock.

Do palm plants need to be misted?

While your palm is growing in spring and summer, water often and less in autumn and winter. When the weather is dry and hot, mist spray the foliage several times a day. This will keep it cool and also help deter pests.