Parlor Palm
Chamaedorea elegans
About it
- Kind
- Foliage · Perennial
- Mature size
- to 4.8 ft × 30 in
- Hardiness zones
- Zones 10–12
- Sun
- Part shade
- Spacing
- 30 in apart
- Soil depth in a pot
- At least 8 in
- Water
- About every 7 days
ⓘ We don't know this plant's soil pH and feeding needs yet.
When to plant
We don't have planting times for Parlor Palm yet.
Planting partners
No cited companion planting notes for Parlor Palm yet.
Safety for pets and children
- Cats Listed as non-toxic to cats (NC State Extension)
- Dogs Listed as non-toxic to dogs (NC State Extension)
- Horses Listed as non-toxic to horses (NC State Extension)
- Children No information in our sources
Read from NC State Extension ↗.
"No information" means our sources do not say, not that the plant is harmless. A non-toxic listing is not a reason to let anyone eat a plant.
Pests and diseases
No pest or disease notes for Parlor Palm yet.
Check the label and your local extension service before using any product.
Where this comes from
- category NC State Extension ↗
- climate requirement NC State Extension ↗
- edible NC State Extension ↗ Toolbox lists the flowers as edible but the fruit as not recommended; no maturity figure is published for either, so the row is not treated as a food crop (as 0028 recorded for Bee Balm and Daylily)
- growth rate NC State Extension ↗ Toolbox Growth Rate: Slow
- life cycle NC State Extension ↗
- mature height in NC State Extension ↗ Toolbox: 2 ft - 7 ft 6 in; midpoint
- mature spread in NC State Extension ↗ Toolbox: 2 ft - 3 ft; midpoint
- min soil depth in NC State Extension ↗ Handbook ch. 18's 6-8 in shallow-rooted range; high end, for a palm's root system
- space requirement NC State Extension ↗
- species NC State Extension ↗
- sunlight NC State Extension ↗ Toolbox lists Dappled Sunlight and Deep shade; recorded as the brighter of the two
- toxicity NC State Extension ↗ non_toxic for cat, dog, horse from its "non-toxic for" tags. The page also gives Poison Severity Low / Poison Part Fruits, Sap/Juice / Principle Unknown for skin irritation from the fruit's juice, but names no Problem-for animal; with no toxic animal there is nothing for severity/part/principle to describe, so only the non-toxic tags are recorded.
- water frequency days NC State Extension ↗ Handbook ch. 18's generic container check