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Parlor Palm
Chamaedorea elegans
Parlor Palm is a slow-growing palm, hardy in USDA zones 10-12, that matures to about 2-6 ft × 2-3 ft. It does best in part shade and full shade with medium water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-dry soil. It blooms in yellow, green and orange. It stands up well to drought and dry soil, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 10-12
- Sun
- Part shade, Full shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 2-6 ft × 2-3 ft
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-dry
- Bloom color
- Yellow, Green, Orange, Red
- Tough against
- Drought, Dry soil
- Toxic to
- People
- Native to
- Central America, Mexico
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