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bouganville in Tucson

QuestionDear Nick, I live in the north of Tucson Arizona, a beautiful place near by the mountains. Nevertheless, every time I plant a bouganville, it dies. Seeing that there are lots of beautiful bouganville a

Mex. fan palm wont grow (better photo)

Question Mexican Fan Palm This is a better photo of my Mexican fan palm. Its not in a container, but in the ground. It has to be 6-8 years old and it never grows. Ive sort of just accepted it. Im mean its still pret

snake plants

QuestionHello Nick, I live in West Central Florida and have snake plants in my yard (they surround an mature oak tree). They were damaged by the freezes we had this past winter so that by now, many of the leav

Follow up Christmas palm

QuestionNick, thanks for the response but, I dont see any new growth, just lots of brown frond that are tightly attached. Do I trim them back, pull Thames off or just spray the copper over all of them? AnswerThe fa

Queen Palm

QuestionQUESTION: I live in Baton Rouge, LA and have the same problem with my Queen Palm. I was planted it several years ago and it was very healthy. This past winter killed it back badly. How long should I wait to

Cocos nucifera

QuestionHello, I was interested in buying a Cocos nucifera and keeping it as an indoor plant. I was wondering if you recommend it as a good indoor plant. I was also wondering how tall it would get indoors and if it

Foxtail Palm Freeze Damage

Question Foxtail Freeze Damage I have 2 foxtail palms that were damaged by freeze in Central Florida this year. Got them several years ago at Costco. All foliage turned brown on both, one I removed the d

Spots on Blueberry Flax

QuestionHi Nick, I have been paying so much attention to my post-freeze palms that all the sudden I realize I have brown spots on my blueberry flax. Seems to be contained to certain plants, but appears to be s

Robilini Palm

QuestionI purchased four beautiful 7 tall Robilini Palms. They are acutely root bound. How much of the root can I take off for re-potting with out damaging the trees? They are in 10 gal pot with almost no soil & if

Foxtail palm trees

QuestionAnother, probably silly question, but my 2 new foxtails still have a seed attached to the stem/root. is this something that stays there or will eventually fall off? Also, up here there are lots of malls that

Mediterranean Palm frost bite

QuestionI live in East Texas and planted two Mediterranean Palms last summer. Over the winter the weather caused the leaves to turn brown. It still has green around the bottom and some green in the leaves. Should I

Christmas palm

QuestionNick, I spent some time with my Christmas palm today. All 3 center pieces pulled out easily, were goopy, and had a foul odor, so I am assuming I have lost the palm? What is the best way to remove

White Bird of Paradise - Problem

QuestionQUESTION: With this winters unusual no. of freezes, my white bird of paradise has suffered damage. It was approx. 12 ft. high with multiple large stalks?(not sure what to call these).I cut a no. of these sta

breaking of green fronds

QuestionOur Christmas palms were hit by freezing this winter in Cape Coral,Fl. Outer fronds are brown. Some have fallen and others have not. Inside new frond are green but are breaking at the base of the leafy part

Foxtail new fronds/spikes breaking

QuestionI planted 5 Foxtails about 2 years ago and havent had any problems until the past month (April 2010). Im not sure I have any now, to be certain, but with our unseasonably cold weather this season (new

Abyssinian banana

QuestionMy Abyssinian banana is two years old and about 20 tall, including tallest leaf. I live in a semi-tropical climate; no die-back so far. The wind has tattered all the leaves, and the formerly magn

Recommend a potted palm?

QuestionHi Nick, I live in the Bay Area of Northern California, and Id like to purchase and pot a palm for my front porch. The palms fronds will get tons of south-western light, but the pot will always be in

Dracena

QuestionHello, I have had a healthy Dracaena since 1999 living in the original 12 plastic pot I transplanted it into upon purchase. On April 4, I transplanted it into a 16 terracota pot. While I normall

Queen palm seed pods and frawn color

QuestionI have 6 15 healthy Queen Palms. Questions: 1) One of them has 3 seed pods of which one is almost bare. The others two are full of green seeds. Should I remove the pods, or would that harm the tree? My conc

Pygmy Palms

QuestionHi - sorry for yet another question about pygmy palms. I too live in Houston and my palms look horrible after this unusually cold winter we just experienced. My question is I have several triple trunk

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