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Areca palms — a suitable choice for an indoor plant?

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Not only can bringing a piece of the tropics into your house instantly improve your spirits, but an areca palm also has a number of positive effects on your physical health. This lovely palm may help enhance the quality of the air within by absorbing pollutants and adding humidity to the air. This is a perfect option if the air inside your home has a tendency to be on the dry side. Taking responsibility for the well-being of a living item, such as this palm, has been shown to improve one's mood.

Is it possible to cultivate an areca palm indoors?

Areca palm trees may grow rather well inside even faster than the queen palm grown outside, reaching heights of between six and seven feet tall, despite the fact that when they are planted in the soil outside, they can attain heights that are far greater. When they have reached their full height, these plants can live for up to 10 years if they are kept inside. Each year, they will grow between six and ten inches until they have reached their full height. Areca palms can be kept at a manageable size if they are potted in containers that prevent their roots from spreading too far.

These stunning plants can undoubtedly thrive inside, but they require quite a bit of care and attention and will not survive for very long if they are neglected, same as it is for the other palms like the foxtail palm and queen palm. If your plant isn't getting the attention it needs, you'll notice that a significant number of its leaves are becoming yellow or brown. The following are some questions that are frequently asked concerning the correct way to care for areca palms.

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