Foxtail palm roots

Question Foxtail palm between p Hi Nick, We live in Queensland Australia and have a couple of foxtail palms growing very close to our concrete pool. They are about 8 years old and about 25 to 30 feet tall(8 or 9 met

florida sunset ixora

QuestionI recently planted florida sunset ixora. We do have below freezing temps, will it survive and what can I do to help it survive. I think north texas is a zone 7. Thank you for your time. AnswerHi Barb

Fox Tail Palm

QuestionQUESTION: We were having some trees trimmed and on branch fell onto the Foxtail, breaking the spear and a new frond on top. Will this hurt the palm? What should I do? ANSWER: Hi Kenny, As in a h

Aloe-vera

Question aloe-vera I bought Aloe vera plant before 4 weeks. then i put in big pot.but after some time, i saw it going to died.Means its turing into black. I read aloe vera does not need more water so i did not give

Palm tree sick

QuestionHello, We recently bought a house with 2 royal palms, they are about 8 feet, they seemed fine until about 4 months ago when one of them, the leaves started drying up and began to fall, now is just the trunk

Frostbitten Pygmy Palms

QuestionWe have several pygmy palms that seem to have frostbite. We had temperatures into the 30s and all of the fronds turned brown. Will they come back or do we need to trim off all the brown fronds, w

Palm tre damage

QuestionPalm tree frost QUESTION: Please tell me What to do with this Palm tree that is frost damaged. Im in Charlotte North Carolina. We had temperatures in the low single digits up to the low teens for thre

areca palms

Questionwe have ARECA palms bordering one side of the yard and we wanted to do the same on the other. i was wondering if we can somehow use the branches/seeds of our current palms to grow new ones? there are two pri

Foxtail Palm Tree

QuestionI have a double foxtail palm that had sustained some frost damage. The smaller arm of the tree has not produced any new growth for several months and the three branches that are still there are now dying off

Queen palm problem

QuestionHello, I have a 25-foot tall Queen palm. About 3 months ago it put out a sheath and none of the fronds every opened. They stayed green and up for about 8-weeks, but never opened. Then they dropped over. Abou

Deep Freeze & Ponytail Palms

QuestionMy Ponytail Palm recently went through Tucsons worst cold weather in current history. The foot part is approximately 7.5 inches in diameter and it had a fairly thin (silver dollar?)sized part where the frond

tree question

Question plant in question What kind of tree/plant is this? The stalk is so long and i would like to shorten it. SHould i just cut it in half and place it back in the dirt, or does it need to root in wat

foxtails in philly

Questionfoxtail yellowing QUESTION: Hey Nick, one of my favorite palms has some yellowing leaves. What could be causing this? I recently put them back outside, temps in the upper 40s at night, 60s during the

Palm Trees

QuestionQUESTION: We are putting in a pool and I have been working on designing our backyard getaway. I have had queens in the past and when they get tall the care can be difficult. I like the Sylvester Palm, but do

Fishtail palm

QuestionI just bought a beautiful fishtail palm. I was assured that it does not have any diseases just requiring a lot of TLC. When I brought it home I discovered that on the underside of all the leaves and on the s

Washingtonia Palm

QuestionI have a washingtonia palm that I have had for 6 years (it is about 15-20 feet tall). This winter we had several strong noreaster blow though (Roanoke Island, Outer Banks of NC) so we had a lot of torn

kentia palm and coffee grounds used

Questionhi nick, i am trying to maintain my 2nd kentia palm. it has brown leaves - due to lack of watering i know, but will rectify that. but i want to know if using used coffee grounds will help and how exacty do i

Foxtail or Christmas Palm

QuestionWhich is the better landscape palm tree, a Foxtail or a Christmas palm? AnswerNeither for Minnesota LOL...but to answer your question, the Foxtail and the Christmas Palm are very similiar , they are both co

Foxtail fern

QuestionNick, I spoke with you earlier about the foxtail fern that belonged to my dad and was abused after his death. I treated the scale insects, watered, and provided light in the ways you suggested however the pl

Ixaca Maui

QuestionHello, Im in Ottawa Canada and I believe the city is zone 5 or 5a. I purchased a compact blooming Ixaca Maui and wondered if it would survive here. The store assured me it would but everything Ive read on t