Over-pruning palms can lead to reduced food production, winter hardiness, and increased nutrient deficiencies and disease. Ideally, only dead fronds and fruit/flower stalks should be pruned, leaving a ...

Which commonly available specimen plants make the most spectacular instant impact when transplanted into landscapes around Napa Valley? The top two are olive trees and Canary Island date palms. And ...

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 ...