Palms grow slowly and need adequate space as they do not compete well with surrounding plants and most are not tolerant of shading.

Yes, you can plant a palm tree by your pool. The queen palm reaches a great height of 15-20′ so provides majesty as well as the look you’re going for. Other palm varieties that will work are as follows: Sago Palm.

Good Plants for Poolside Gardens

• Agave, aloe, and yucca need little maintenance and are heat lovers that are easy to grow in full sun.
• Small palms and cycads, like sago palm, bring a tropical look to poolside gardens.

The Sago Palm is easy to maintain and is cold hardy. Because they grow slow, the Sago Palm is a great choice for planting in pots around your pool.

Although Pygmy Palm roots aren’t as invasive as, say, a Weeping Willow, there is always a risk of tree roots potentially messing with the pool’s structure when they are planted close to a pool.

The majesty palm needs light, as do all plants, but it prefers a mixture of light and shade. If you leave the plant in full sun and allow it to dry out, the leaves will turn yellow. The ideal placement is near a stream or waterway under a stand of tall trees that allow partial sun for several hours every day.

15 – 20′ tall.

Indoors, majesty palm thrives in a spot with medium to bright light. They can tolerate low-light conditions for extended periods, but we don’t recommend keeping them in low light permanently.

Prune any brown leaves. Brown leaves won’t kill your plant. But you can keep it looking healthier by trimming off the brown ends that dried out or got too much sunlight. The best way to do it is to cut them at an angle so they mimic the natural shape of the palm.

These plants grow slowly, but the roots still need a little space. Your plant will quickly get root-bound if you choose a smaller pot, and you risk over-watering with a larger pot, because it may hold onto more water than your majesty palm can efficiently use.

Sometimes, palm leaves turn yellow if the tree’s soil is lacking essential nutrients, like nitrogen, manganese or magnesium. These all help the tree stay green and grow properly. Alternatively, a pest or fungus could be causing your palm tree leaves to yellow.

Some readily available houseplants that are considered nontoxic to cats and dogs are Christmas/Thanksgiving cactus, African violet, parlor and majesty palm, bamboo, banana plant, orchid, echeveria (large group of succulents), and spider/airplane plant. Pencil cactus is another plant whose bark is worse than its bite.

Majesty palm (Ravenea rivularis) is an easy-care plant that adds classic good looks to indoor and outdoor spaces.

The male inflorescence is erect in bud, to 90 cm long, branched to two orders. The female inflorescence is erect or spreading, to 1-1.5 m long, branched to one order. Both male and female flowers are white. The bright red, spherical fruits are 1-1.3 cm long.

When grown indoors, majesty palm is a slow-growing plant, adding no more than 1 foot per year until it reaches about 10 feet in height. Majesty palm has a very limited natural range, found in isolated humid pockets of swampy land in the otherwise arid climate of Madagascar.

Yes, coffee grounds help acidify soil and are helpful for palm trees. However, used coffee grounds are of a neutral PH and will not help acidify soil. Over time, when composted, they help add nitrogen to soil.

Most likely, you’ll only need to prune to remove dead or damaged fronds. To prune your majesty palm, simply use clean scissors or shears to remove dried out or yellowed fronds, or any fronds with brown spots. That will redirect your palm’s energy to healthy growth and prevent the potential spread of any diseases.

Brown tips and leaf edges may be a response to low humidity. Dry air during the heating season is fairly common. Increase humidity with a humidifier or by adding stone-filled trays beneath the pots and keeping the stones covered with water. Excess fertilizer also causes tip browning.

Majesty palm browning happens when the soil is too dry or the air surrounding it has no moisture. Place a humidifier near the tree or sit its pot in a moisture tray. Over-fertilizing also causes browning fronds. While it likes a moist environment, it doesn’t thrive when its roots are wet.