Majesty Palm

[Yalcin]

There are a lot of confusing information on the web. Is majesty palm indoor or outdoor plant?

[quaman58]

They want to be outdoors. They're big palms eventually. They seem really susceptible to bugs indoors and really love water. Not sure why they're pushed as indoor palms. Howea (kentia) is much better suited IMO.

[Fusca]

6 minutes ago, Yalcin said:

There are a lot of confusing information on the web. Is majesty palm indoor or outdoor plant?

I'm sure it's possible to grow one indoors with the right conditions which most people are not able to provide.  It's definitely happier outdoors in zones 9b and higher.  In warmer spots of 9a it can survive several years coming back from defoliation in freezes below 25°F.  For some reason it's often sold in big box stores as an indoor plant but it usually does poorly indoors.

[Harry’s Palms]

47 minutes ago, quaman58 said:

They want to be outdoors. They're big palms eventually. They seem really susceptible to bugs indoors and really love water. Not sure why they're pushed as indoor palms. Howea (kentia) is much better suited IMO.

I had mine as a potted plant for a very short time. Once I put it in the ground it took off. Be sure to leave room for the large tapered trunk. Mine is very large at the base. Also check your zone for adaptability. Harry       this is a young one at a local church the trunk is starting to swell and a smaller one

[Jim in Los Altos]

All plants are basically outdoor plants in the right climate. “House” plants generally tolerate lower light levels and grow outdoors as understory species in their native habitats. Majesty palms thrive outdoors in mild year round climates and do well in partial shade and tolerate full sun pretty well. They’re not the best indoor palms by a long shot though but certainly doable. 

[SeanK]

4 hours ago, Yalcin said:

There are a lot of confusing information on the web. Is majesty palm indoor or outdoor plant?

All plants are outdoor plants in their native habitat. A majesty grows over 10m in height.

[Looking Glass]

5 hours ago, Yalcin said:

There are a lot of confusing information on the web. Is majesty palm indoor or outdoor plant?

People use them as disposable, tropical looking, potted plants and semi-annuals, both indoors and outdoors.  They grow fast and must be cheap to produce in quantity.   But longer term, they want to be planted free in hot, wet, tropical-like climates.   As mentioned above, they will then reach their full potential as large palm trees.  They can live for maybe a year or two, in pots, indoors, with good care, before they croak.  

[flplantguy]

I just planted one out in full sun in a low spot i collect the rain off the road in.  It wont ever hold water but there is some moisture below and its doing well so far, and its getting blasted by Florida sun.  Nothing like an indoor location at all and the leaves are still a nice dark green color multiple days later.

[Silas_Sancona]

2 minutes ago, Looking Glass said:

People use them as disposable, tropical looking, potted plants and semi-annuals, both indoors and outdoors.  They grow fast and must be cheap to produce in quantity.   But longer term, they want to be planted free in hot, wet, tropical-like climates.   As mentioned above, they will then reach their full potential as large palm trees.  They can live for maybe a year or two, in pots, indoors, with good care, before they croak.  

Definitely not a palm that requires " Hot Wet Tropical " climates... Perfectly at home in places that may be warm, but definitely aren't wet...

Calling: ... The ultimate Majesty Thread:
 

 

[SM458]

I have tried one indoors, it did poorly quickly...

[Bkue]

Marketed at big box as indoor which can work, and for the price why not. That said, they turn big and can be great. Mine are and have always been outdoors. They need water like no other and benefit from fert. I dropped one by the ac drain and it took off after 2yrs in a pot. 

[PalmatierMeg]

They make lousy houseplants. Their needs can't be met by standard northern houses. That said, they are cheap and plentiful as dirt so you can replace them easily when they croak indoors. The best looking majesties I've ever seen outdoors in photos grow in CA. They will survive here in SWFL but require tons and tons of water and fertilizer to live more than a few years and they never get that from 99.9% - my guesstimate - of people who plant them. Neglect them inside or out and they croak. I may have the largest majesty in Cape Coral (planted ca. 1993/4) and it lines up for its share of water and fertilizer like the happy hog it is.

[Looking Glass]

13 hours ago, Silas_Sancona said:

Definitely not a palm that requires " Hot Wet Tropical " climates... Perfectly at home in places that may be warm, but definitely aren't wet...

Calling: ... The ultimate Majesty Thread:
 

 

True, can handle cooler or colder temps than a lot of the other pinnate palms.   Do well in clay soils that can hold some moisture even in drier locations.  I love the look of these, and I’d plant one in the ground here, but with sand for soil, I don’t think it stays wet enough down below for it to do well.  You never see them planted out here.  I’d have to water it every day to look decent.  If I had dredged Everglades muck on a freshwater canal, I’d have a bunch of these, but I’m too close to the ocean.  It’s all dry sand and old coral reef below me. 

In pots, sitting in standing water outside, they go nuts by the pool here.  Super fast in the heat and sun.  

[Looking Glass]

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