Question: Hi there. 6 weeks ago I bought 16 2&3ft Sylvester Date Palms. Its been hell keeping them alive! I have sandy well drained soil. One died and was replaced 2 are on life support. All have new green shoots coming from the center. Problem is that the outer and some new shoots have died […]

Question: Two weeks ago I purchased 4 Pindo Palms. They were planted properly in an area that has good drainage. They have been maintained per the instructions I was given which was to water them 3 times a week watering them per the tree gallons (ours our 30 gallon trees). I have ensured that the […]

Question: Hi. I read your notes on fertilization and I feel certain the tree got fertilizer close to the roots. This winter was bitter cold (Jacksonville, fl) and some of the tips of the fronds got frozen I think, but now all the fronds have crispy brown tips moving toward the middle of the frond. […]

Question: Hi. I have 3 Foxtail Palms that are approx. 15 feet tall. They were planted approx. 3 years ago. I live in Florida and as you know we had a long, cold winter. All of the branches were brown, so we trimmed all of them off. There is new green growth coming out of […]

Question: I have a Red Latan Palm. Recently, the new shoots are underdeveloped, turning black at the tips and opening early. The recent fronds that have developed more fully have turned black at the base of the stalk. It almost appears to be a magnesium deficiency or a frizzle top problem that you might see […]

Question: I have 2 palms that are 7 years old and about 15 feet tall. They are not producing any leaves so far this year, by this time they would be going crazy. We are in TX and we had a cold winter this year with temps below freezing for 4 days or more. The […]

Question: Hi there. I bought a Dwarf Date Palm Tree today it was marked for 50.00 pounds down to 25.00.  However it looked poorly. The leaves are turning brown in the middle top of the plant and some at the lower are brown and dropping.  It is about 3 foot in height and has been […]

Question: The 2 palms in our cage are both suffering for the first time in 9 years. They are about 12 foot high now. Each are double trunk and the smallest trunk of each have several fronds which are having difficulty opening and look unhealthy (dry looking, leaflets sticking together, and and sandlike gray brow […]

Question: I live in Miami, FL and have had my Coconut Palms for over 12 years now. In 1992 during Hurricane Andrew a missile composed of a piece of someone’s roof pierced one of the Coconut Palm trees to a depth of about 3/4’s of its diameter. I later extricated the missile and the tree […]

Question: I have a 30 year old, 12′ Ponytail Palm that a previous homeowner planted in an awkward place, too close to our patio and I believe it may be causing the cracking in the patio. I’d love to save it and move it to another location in the yard but have real concerns about […]

Question: I am in Coastal NC and have a mature palm in front yard. It has been doing very well for the past 5-6 years until now. We are in a drought situation and I was out of town for 2 weeks, with no one watering it. I realize that is probably the problem. My […]

Question: Please help, I have a seven year old palm approx, 20′ tall that over the last few months has developed a light spiral flakiness/dry area starting about 4′ from the base and circling the trunk upward for about 2′. The dryness, cause the area of the trunk to lightly flake off. In the beginning […]

Question: Hi Susan. I have a question about the Windmill Palm we have outside our house. It is somewhere around 18-20 years old as we can figure out, and it is now so tall the top is hitting the awning and gutter that comes out from the roof. We are concerned with the damage the […]

Question: We have a triple trunk Robellini Palm in our screened in pool area in Orlando. It has been beautiful for years. In the last few months (noticed mid July) the fronds have lots of small white spots, then get covered in what looks like black ash or soot and eventually die. The trunk area […]

Question: I bought a home with a large palm tree that looks like it would be called a pineapple palm because of it’s shape and the limbs have gone from green to yellow in about 8 months while I was up north. I know from neighbors that this tree has been here for at least […]

Question: Hello. Wondering if you could help. My husband and I purchased two Palmetto Palms (about 15′) and had them planted about 2 weeks ago. One of them is doing really well, it is very and has new growth. The other one is not doing as well, it seems to have turned a light brown […]

Question: My neighbor has a dead Bismark. After removing some of the fronds, we found quite a few small capsule-like things made from the frond fibers. The tree died from the fibers being torn up to make a large number of these cocoons. In there are beetles in various stages of a beetle. The fully […]