Frost-Damaged Palms and Bird of Paradise: Pruning and Fertilizing Guide

Christmas Palm (Adonidia)

• Do NOT prune brown fronds; they shed naturally.
• Fertilize with palm fertilizer at 1 lb per inch trunk diameter.
• Spear test: firm = alive.

Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia)

• DO prune brown growth hard at base.
• Cut petiole flush to trunk for aesthetics.
• Responds well to severe pruning.

Other Palms (e.g., Queen)

Manually prune dead fronds.