It is always good to review and rereview information on occasion, and a popular topic of inquiry is on palms. Palms are a big part of our landscape and as such are often closely scrutinized and sometimes unnecessarily worried about. Amongst ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes
Although Florida is home to countless numbers of palms, the list of palms that are actually native to Florida is remarkably short, among them being the Florida Silverpalm (Coccothrinax argentata), so named because of the bluish-silver undersurface ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension,Among the short list of cold-hardy palms which can tolerate temperatures below freezing, the European Fan Palm (Chamerops humilis) is the only one native to - you guessed it - Europe. It is also one of the slower-growing palms, but its curved ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS ExtensionThe Areca palm aka butterfly palm (Dypsis lutescens) like many other palms, is notable for high wind resistance. It also makes a great privacy screen plant due to its clumping growth habit, with multiple stems arising from a central growing ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture,Bamboo palms (Chamaedorea erumpens) and many closely related species in the genus, are among the few palms that thrive in shade and low-light conditions. For this reason, they are widely used as potted indoor palms and in interiorscapes. Their ... READ MORE
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Fishtail palms (Caryota mitis) are distinctive in appearance and get their moniker from the unique shape of their leaflets which resemble the tail-fins of many common fish. Unlike most landscape palms, Fishtails can tolerate growing in shade, ... READ MORE
Category: HorticultureWhen it comes to lanscape palms, Pindo palms (Butia capitata) are remarkable in that they are one of the few cold-hardy palms, tolerating temperatures below freezing, without the customary 'freezer burn' typically seen on other palm species ... READ MORE
Category: Horticulture
Although many palms resemble trees, because they are not trees in the strict botanic sense, many palms have unique growth requirements. In this article we'll review those for the Bismarck palm. Planting site Bismarck palms may have a solitary ... READ MORE
Category: Horticulture,
With our recent freeze hopefully behind us, I wanted to focus more on the damage suffered by area palms and how to deal with these landscape patients. Beyond our hardy palms such as Sabal, Sylvester, Canary Island Date, Saw Palmettos, ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home LandscapesPalms are a big part of our landscape and as such are fairly closely observed and sometimes obsessed over. Amongst the “normal abnormalities” that may be observed on palms are the weird roots they possess. Seemingly odd and maybe problematic, ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease