It is a Foxtail (Wodyetia). It is not known to be a houseplant at all, but you can try. The black fuzz is natural for this plant.

Caryota mitis "Fishtail Palm"

You bought a clustered fishtail palm

Hi
Don't you just love those kind of tags?? lol my favorites are "6 inch tropical or " exotic angel plant" along with collect all 400 lol
Pix are dark but to me it looks much more like a caryota fistail palm .Definitely more fish than fox lol
Clumping is a good clue also.
Look at some of the palm sites and see if you can find a match. they do get enormous though. gary

Caryota mitis "Fishtail Palm"

You bought a clustered fishtail palm

No, that's a foxtail.

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FYI

Fishtail foliage

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Foxtail

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It might help if his picture wasnt so blurry.

Gary
Lowes does that on every plant i believe
have you ever called them looking for a certain
plant ? It can be quite funny as i had an associate the other day tell me he did not know a coconut was a palm tree !

Looks like a foxtail palm to me as well. Large ones have been sold in the NYC metro area for a few years now in the better nurseries and sometimes at HD. They are actually relatively easy palms to grow either indoors or as indoor/outdoor palms in the North. I have one and it never gives me any trouble. Seems to have a good tolerance for strong sun and occasional dryness.

Foxtail for sure and not liking its environment very much.I would keep it outside for as long as you can in partial shade. Fertilize with a fertilizer with minors and spray with a fungicide. Mancozeb works good for me.

The pictures were taken as it was getting dark so sorry if they aren't claer enough to show the details. I went back to Lowe's and talked to a different associate, she said it was a "Fishtail" Palm cause she has one. But I'm still not convinced. lol

Is there a defining or distinguising characteristic that separates the 2 palms (Fishtail -&- Foxtail)?

At first I thought Lowe's trimmed the leaf tips cause they were brown but now I realize the leaves are suppose to look they way they do. Unfortunately it seems that it's not a great houseplant/palm.

Ok I'm leaning towards it being a "FoxTail" Palm. Because single leaves are attached straight from the frond. I see spots were there a 2 leaves coming from the same spot on the frond but I think the "Fishtail" is a bit different. It looks like a Fishtail usually forms a stem from the frond with maybe several leaves. Sound about right?

It's a foxtail ..I seen one almost just like it in lowes the other day with the same tag it is a foxtail

After seeing palmshaun's pictures I am convinced its a Foxtail. The leaves look just about the same but your right seventhlegend. Looks like the fishtail has many stems from the frond then leaves. I'm pretty new at all of this and it seems Lowe's has "Fishtail" as houseplants everywhere and "Foxtail" in places where it will survive. Hey at least I know the difference now. Thanks palmshaun. I still hate my local Lowe's!

Don't hate lowes because of their labeling i'm
convinced they just don't know any better... If it wasn't for lowes i wouldn't have many palms !
They usually do have more to choose from than anybody
so i praise them for that.. now the hard part is finding out exactly what you bought ! Oh my bad that's what were doing !!

topher
I dont hate Lowe's because of their labeling. I hate them because I can get a coconut palm there but if I want a trachy or something for my zone they dont even know what I'm talking about. But I still shop there too. How can you really help but shop there? They just dont understand things like you or I do. I started a thread called "Why I Hate Lowe's" Just do a search for it.

You know i can't understand why they don't order stuff like that .
I feel your frustration because i have just about begged every lowes and home depot for that matter.. to order me a bismarck and they all say they can't get it even though
home depot had one about 3 months ago !