Pruning Palms
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EP443

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Broschat, Timothy K. 2011. “Pruning Palms: ENH1182/EP443, 4/2011”. EDIS 2011 (5/6). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ep443-2011.

Abstract

Perhaps the most fundamental question to answer when discussing palm pruning is what should a healthy, properly pruned palm look like? Consumers must be educated that palms are supposed to have round crowns, not feather-duster crowns. Learn more with this 9-page fact sheet written by Timothy Broschat and published by the UF Department of Environmental Horticulture, April 2011.

ENH1182/EP443: Pruning Palms (ufl.edu)

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