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As mentioned earlier, over-pruning has the potential to harm our palm trees. Fusarium of Queen and Mexican fan palms is a fungal disease that is spread by infected pruning tools.

A diseased canary palm tree "almost took out a family" crossing the road to Cronulla beach on Christmas Day last year, says chamber of commerce president Brad Lord.

Judging by the palm pruning being performed in our landscapes, you would think that pruning palms to a few fronds sticking out of the top of the tree is the right thing to do.

Banyans start their lives as epiphytes germinated from sticky seeds that lodge in the branches or crevasses of another tree. Banyans can reach 60-80 feet in height with an equal or larger spread.

The palm tree has been cultivated by humans for almost 5,000 years. This began in the Middle East with the Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) but soon expanded to other regions with other palm species.