Due to the ever-growing popularity of palms throughout Brevard County, I thought it would be a good idea to share a previous article. Some landscapes have a few palms and then other yards are filled ...

It is common to see palms planted along roadsides, in parks and in home landscapes throughout the county. For anyone growing palms, it is important to learn about a disease called Ganoderma butt rot.

It didn’t take a hurricane to knock a 50-foot royal palm onto Garry Bonner’s Lighthouse Point home, just some gusty December winds and an unnoticed fungus that rotted the tree from the inside. The ...

Ganoderma butt rot is a widespread palm disease affecting trees all over Southwest Florida and the southeastern United States. This disease has been found on about 40 or 50 species but it is thought ...

Palm trees line roads in Southwest Florida. While they make for great scenery, they can also face their own problems. Several diseases are out there right now that can put palm trees at risk, so we ...

After the recent column about Ganoderma butt rot of palms, several folks wrote about rots of other trees. Cliff from Stuart asked, 'I read your article about Ganoderma with interest. A similar growth ...

I wish to refer to your report Malaysia to lose top palm oil status to Indonesia . The main reason cited in the report is that Indonesia has a vast virgin land mass suitable for oil palm plantations ...

This is what’s known as butt rot. The mushroom-like conks at the base of a palm tree are the distinguishing symptom and indicate your palm tree can’t be saved. One University of Florida researcher is ...

This article is for everyone who has at least one palm growing in their yard. Palms are a popular ornamental, but nutritional deficiencies and diseases are not uncommon here in Florida. All palms, as ...

There used to be a time in Northeast Florida when we had very limited choices when it came to choosing a palm tree to plant in our landscapes. The palms we had were relatively hardy and fairly easy to ...