I think my 8-foot Mexican Fan Palm may be about to experience the same fate, but, please! Say it ain't so!
When we visited New Orleans back in mid-February, my mom came by to feed Walle. And she decided to do a little yard work to "help" out. Well, two bad things happened that weekend. One - She pruned my spirea into nice, round balls. Lovely, right?
Two - She also cut back my palms. As in, she took off all of the fronds. Yes, the fronds were brown and not looking great, but I also know that the tree will continue to pull food from the fronds even as they are brown... so it has been my policy not to trim them until I see new growth popping out. After the trim, this is all I have left...
I do see some green peeking out on what is left of the fronds, so I can only hope that it has some life left in it. Does anyone have any advice about what to do? I am really at a loss. My other palm, which is only about 3 feet tall, is slowly putting out a new frond. But this one hasn't budged an inch.
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I don't know anything about palms, although I do see some growing around here once in awhile. I sure hope it makes a come back. The green seems like a good sign though.
I just saw all of your Clematises on your previous posts. They are all so pretty! I'm sad my 'Henryi' didn't survive the winter, but I just might try it again anyway.
Oh my! Mom is not a gardener is she! I know nothing about palms, either, but maybe it will pull through? gail
I was driving around Savannah this weekend and we passed a University that had landscaping at the entrance. There were several palms (taller than yours) that had been clipped of ALL of their leaves. I'm assuming these are expected to make a comeback. I don't know though!
Did your palm survive? We are from Texas, and we have three palms that look like this...
Sad to say it, kimberly, but our palms did not survive. We had to pull up all three palms last year.
Don't give up hope on yours, though. It is early yet. Cut yours back to the green and wait until at least June or July to see if some new growth will emerge.
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