The Canary Island Date Palm is worth every penny! Sorry about the spindle palm, but the banana growth and the Allamanda are trying to make up for the loss!!!! Great blue on the plumbago.
Well, I gave the big Canary Island Date Palm her haircut today and the bleeding will stop anytime now. I took 33 fronds off of it. I'll post before and after pictures as well as a look at the 6 inch, needle sharp spines that cause the bleeding. Picture me on the very top of a ladder, reciprocal saw in one hand, hanging on for dear life with the other, one eye looking out for snakes and these 6 inch spines poking me from all directions. Hiring someone to do this chore is looking better and better.
Jim
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Name: Carol Santa Ana, ca Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.
Jim, I feel your pain. My advice is pay somebody to do it, but watch them the whole time. Out of the 45 or so palms in our mobil home park that get trimmed every year, mine ended up looking the best because I stood there and watched the process. They didn't damage any of my plants and cleaned up the mess too.
