Q: My neighbor says I should stay away from planting palms inside my lanai because they get too big. Aren’t there any slow growers out there? Besides, I can keep them trimmed myself. A: We agree you have to be thoughtful about planting palms inside lanais, but if you select a slow-growing specimen, yes -- you can have your palm and admire it, too. The left photo below shows the removal of a pigmy palm after it was pushing into the lanai screen. As you can see, we replaced it with a Continue Reading