What am I going to do with my Kentia Palm?!

[olderandnonthewiser]

We have a covered patio and in early summer I bought a fairly tall Kentia and it’s lived outside looking lovely all summer.
Its obviously enjoyed it because it’s grown LOADS and looks a picture of health. But what am I going to do with it now? We don’t have a conservatory, the greenhouse is cold. If I bring it in it will look ridiculous in my tiny house.. it’s really way too big and I foolishly planted it in a big container.
So shall I risk it outside? Try and sell it? Just start again next year?
What would you do wise ones?

I don't think that it will have much chance of surviving winter outside if you are in the UK.

If the pot is too big to bring inside then personally I would divide it and plant a couple of the bits in smaller pots and put them in the house.
I have no idea if this would work btw but I'd certainly try that.

Could you make it smaller by cutting it down?

Can you wrap it up warm and put it in the greenhouse?

Ooo@Rightandwrongi hadn’t thought of dividing it… that might work. I don’t really have room for more plants but it would give it a chance

kentia don’t like having their roots disrupted so if you try to divide it then you will probably kill it, I would wrap it up in fleece and put it in the green house and hope for the best!

Wild stab in the dark - do you know anyone at all with a large conservatory?

Even wilder stab in the dark - do you perhaps work somewhere with maybe a reception area or out-of-the-way office where it could live in the winter? If your dc are at school, there might be somewhere in the school that could house it for you.

In the winter it won't need to be warm, just with reasonable light levels and where the temperature doesn't fall below 10%.

As far as i know dividing them is best done in spring but can be done , with care, at any time
As I stated, dividing it is what I would do but it's entirely up to OP.
These past few years I've lost plants in my garden over the winter which in the past I would have expected to survive so personally I wouldn't want to risk leaving this kentia outside. Of course i don't have a greenhouse.

Kentias will not survive a UK winter outdoors, they have to be kept frost-free.

Fleece it all including the pot and put in the most sheltered part of the garden and hope for the best? Our winter was quite mild last year, but we are in the South.

Thank you everyone for the comments. Sadly I can’t think of anyone or anywhere who could overwinter it for me, and if I leave it outside I’m reasonably sure I’d lose it. So my only options are to put it on marketplace or make it smaller and bring it in (although I still haven’t worked out where). This does seem like the only way there’s a chance I’ll still have it next summer.