I hate when plants are subjected to that glued crap. Yes, you did the right thing by removing it. Triangle palms make very good house plants for northern growers. They are more forgiving of dry indoor air than many species. I grow all my palms as indoor/outdoor palms (in from November/December to out March/April). If you do put it out once the weather is mild, be careful--they will seriously burn in direct sun until they are acclimated to it. Then they are good to go. Let them dry out between waterings as an indoor plant. They do like good sun but will survive with less indoors. They are much easier than majesty palms by the way (at least as indoor palms). Good luck!

I bought a triangle palm just as you described. I got rid of the "bonsai" stuff also. 2 years later it is about 3ft tall. As stated above, they make great houseplants. If you can keep a Majesty alive for 3 years, you will no trouble with a Triangle.

How in HELL do triangle palms get into Ontario, and I cant even get them to send bottle palms my way, this is not fair.

Now orchid dude.. I hope you know by now that the world of palm trees aint fair ! lol..

LOL, I know topher, but it makes me want to scream. Its not fair and it should be. I should be the one getting to pick from all the good stuff and I can barely find anything at all around here. I tell you, its not fair, of course what is? right?

I also don't know why they are so hard to find here where they will thrive outdoors, but others in triangle palm-hostile climates find them so easily.

I tell you what it is, there is someone who gets paid about $6 an hour sitting behind a computer just hitting buttons for orders to go across the US. For some reason, they have not hit the "A" button yet. Its one of these deals where they dont care who gets them as long as they get paid at the end of the week. :-)

Triangle palms are relatively easy to find in many garden centers these days. For indoor cultivation they are excellent, not needing humidity-and resistant to most pests.

They however do like bright light to look good. Also over time they can become very tall- and need a double story foyer or the like.

Thanks for the replies! And for orchid dude, if it makes you feel any better, the ONE type of palm that we can even attempt to grow outside year round up here is the hardest one to come by in our stores. Other than that the Home Depots and Walmarts here usually offer a few different types. Majesty palms are absolutely everywhere, and chinese fan palms and pigmy date palms are usually fairly common.

As Dan said, it's frustrating for us northern growers also. They never carry cold hardys in my area...NEVER. I would love to walk into a box store and see a 4' Trachy in the tropical foliage section just once.

I purchased a triangle palm about 4 years ago at Home Depot. It is probably my favorite palm tree that I keep indoors. It seems to thrive without much attention. Each Spring I move it outdoors, gradually get it used to the strong outdoor sunlight, and bury the pot in the middle of a circular raised flower bed of cannas and elephant ears. It does great whether inside or outside. One year, I took it outside too early and it got hit by a frost even though I covered it with a blanket, and it lost most of it's fronds, but it gradually rebounded and looks better than ever. So apparently it is not very tolerant of any degree of frost like my Windmill, Mediterranean Fan and Pindo Palm which I keep outdoors year round with protection. Here is a picture of the yard with the triangle palm in the far right edge of the picture.

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