One of the most important maintenance tasks we perform on palms is pruning. Judging by the palm pruning being performed in our landscapes, you would think that pruning palms to a few fronds sticking ...

Palms help give Florida its tropical look and, when planted in clusters, can even provide shade. They are an important landscape feature for folks at the beach who have few options of salt-tolerant ...

An informal survey of the landscapes in our neighborhoods might lead to the conclusion that the landscape rules require a phoenix roebelenii, pygmy date palm, to be planted in every front yard. Palm ...

Along with hurricane season comes the seasonal palm pruners offering their services to homeowners, especially if you live at the beach. Palm maintenance is often misunderstood and pruning tops the ...

Support local journalism: Find offers for new subscribers here: Special Offers — FLORIDA TODAY. Palms need our help, because it is still evident that the pruning massacres continue. You can easily ...

QUESTION: I have a pygmy date palm that was damaged by the January cold snap. About 80 percent of the fronds are affected. How should it be pruned? ANSWER: Where a major portion of a frond is affected ...

Varied plants with colorful flowers blooming in a garden with white chair - Darrell Gulin/Getty Images Pruning — a term that invokes fear in the best of the gardeners, and for good reason. Pruning is ...

Palms need our help, because it is still evident that the massacre continues. You can easily identify over-pruned palms, even from a distance, because their canopy should be full of fronds. Instead, ...

After many years of pruning the ligustrum and arborvitae and spreading juniper from the front door welcome mat, homeowners have come to appreciate dwarf plants. While searching for replacements for ...