The sago palms we planted a few years ago are beginning ... A.J., Friendswood A. It's fine to prune older leaves that have broken or turned brown. But it's not a good idea to remove all the ...

Harold. The sago palm (Cycas revoluta) is actually not related to palms even though it looks like one. Sagos are more closely related to pine trees and bald cypresses. As to pruning these plants ...

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A: There really isn't any way to prune a sago palm to a smaller size. You can remove individual leaves, but that won't help much. These plants have a genetic predisposition to reach a certain size.

DEAR JESSICA: Enclosed is a photo of my sago palm, which I am struggling to keep alive, as it was my mother’s. As you can see, as new fronds begin, they begin to die at the ends and do not grow ...

Severe deficiencies of manganese can be fatal for palms and palm-like plants such as Sago palms ... This point bears repeating, when it comes to pruning palms, because the best policy is to ...

Also, the sago palm gets an invasive scale insect that covers ... was easily 80 feet tall before a hurricane gave it a severe pruning. Most of us do not have space for a tree that can top 50 ...