Kentia palm prices ?

[The Silent Seed]

A few customers have asked me for these - and when googling them, I saw they are expensive! How come? Are they super slow? 

Just bought some seeds to try. Was easy to get seeds so it can't be a rarity issue. 

[Stevetoad]

They arnt fast and they don’t grow well in a lot of palm producing areas.  So it might be that there arnt as many growers. Here in San Diego they arnt that pricey. You can get a very big 15 gal for $100. 

[Laisla87]

Even in Sydney they are one of the more expensive palms, despite that fact they are native and grow and self sow like weeds here

[The Silent Seed]

Hmm, curious! 

[Neil C]

I believe seed germination is really sporadic and can be a lengthy process followed by fairly slow growth.

 

Regards Neil

[palmad Merc]

Two reasons I think,hard to germinate and slow grower.

[Pip]

Really Howea aren't that expensive as you can always find multi planted pots and separate the individual plants.

[Missi]

According to the company the office I work at leases plants from, they're considered the "it" palm for interiorscaping. Supply and Demand.

[Palm Tree Jim]

Hera in Southern California, they are fairly inexpensive and easy to find.

[Palm Tree Jim]

And that is *here......

[Jim in Los Altos]

20 gallon like these sun grown Howea at Lowe's here in Northern California are $79.00. I've bought and used many of them in my projects. They handle sun well right away.

[Kailua_Krish]

They're fairly expensive in Honolulu (compared to other palms) however this should start changing as I just noticed there is a nursery in Kohala that is now starting to crank these out