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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
 LAPL
Who's up on his horticulture? Are the long hula skirts on these palms something they sprout annually, and then shed? Sounds pretty messy. (I find it hard to believe that the city trims all the palms on a regular basis.) Btw, if I lived on this block (9th west of Normandie), I would have the exterminator spray daily. Those are some serious rats' nests. |
I'm not up on my horticulture, but my understanding is that as these types of palm trees grow (I think these particular kind are called Mexican fan palms but I could be wrong), the fronds will die as new ones sprout, and the dead fronds will form a sort of skirt. They eventually fall off (they definitely do in high winds, along with some of the live fronds) but they also do get trimmed off by tree trimmers.