Hurricane Recovery Information Palms have adapted over the years to be somewhat tolerant of hurricane force winds. However, there has been significant damage to many palms as a result of Wilma. Generally speaking, if the palm has any existing growth upright, it has a chance of recovery. If the tip of the palm is missing, the palm is dead.  Please call our office for more information.

The following pictures illustrate the varying degrees of damage to royal palms.

In 2004, after hurricanes Frances and Jeanne, we saved many palms (royal and others) with only the spear leaf showing (below).  If your palm is in this condition, there is an excellent chance of recovery.  It is critical that the palm be fertilized since the green fronds that have been stripped off by the winds contained nutrition that the palm was expecting to utilize.  Please call our office and we can help.

Spear leaf upright - excellent chance of survival as long as palm is fertilized properly.

If your palm appears as the ones below, there is less of a chance of recovery, but there is still some hope.  Again, fertilization is important to compensate for the green fronds that are no longer on the palm.  We can help with this.

No spear leaf, but some growth still upright - varying chance of survival.

Any palm that is missing the top is unfortunately dead. There is no chance of survival. The palm should be removed.

No remaining growth - palm is dead.

If your palms have been blown completely over and the fronds are still intact, keep the roots wet until you are able to right the palm and stake back up.

If you have hardwood trees we do not recommend righting them. If they do recover, the root system will never be as strong and they will be more susceptible to being blown over again. It is better just to replace the tree if possible and make sure it is trimmed properly from the very beginning..

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