What is the red palm weevil? The red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1970), is a beetle of the curculionid family. This earthy red weevil, about 3-4 centimeters long, has become famous for the havoc it wreaks on populations of palm trees in the Mediterranean region. The flying adults do not live longer than two …
Although many palm trees shed their palms (leaves), which is convenient for their gardener or owner, leaving a smooth stipe (trunk) with visible leaf scars as they grow, others keep their dead palms hugging the stipe. These palms, in their natural state, typically create a skirt of dry leaves at the base of the crown. …
The palms in ‘mini’ format are one of our flagship products The ‘mini’ palms are palm trees with a plant height between 20 and 50 centimeters, which are beginning to develop a trunk, and which are presented in LPDE bags with a volume of two liters of substrate. Each ‘mini’ palm tree that we sell …
Riverbed date palm: species, variety or myth? In 1997, botanists from the University of Murcia described a new species, Phoenix iberica [1], an “Iberian species, which closely resembles the date palm, although its fruits are of smaller size and quality”. They acknowledge natural populations in the river basin of the Chícamo River, in the Abanilla …
Let’s try to answer one of the big questions we ask ourselves when thinking about palm trees: Are they really trees? Unlike in most other languages, in English they are usually called directly palm trees. But, as in any semantic debate, we must bear in mind that we will be walking on eggshells. The answer …
Did you ever wondered “what palm species should I chose for my garden that can survive the cold winters”? In botanical terms, a plant’s hardiness refers its ability to survive adverse conditions. In gardening, it is often used to refer in particular to cold-hardiness, i.e., the minimum temperature data that a plant can withstand. The …
