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Cutting the end of Canary palm leaf?

GMann
GMann
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Is it ok to just cut the end of this canary palm leaf, just the tip that overlaps the sidewalk?

or is it more healthy for the palm to cut it off at the base?

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    It won't even notice, you might though, watch for the spikey leaflets they're like needles

    London Z9a. Soon(ish) to be Canary Islands Z12.

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    I don’t want to give the HOA any possible reason to complain. So I definitely want to trim that leaf, the question is where? At the base? Or the tip? I only am concerned with the health of the palm, not the aesthetics. 

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    I would just cut it off at the base.  Removing 1 frond off a Phoenix palm isn't going to hurt anything. 

     

    aztropic 

    Mesa, Arizona 

    Mesa, Arizona

     

    Temps between 29F and 115F each year

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    I cut off the ends of fronds on a CIDP that crowds my porch and windows.  The palm remains vigorous.

    Andrei W. Konradi, Burlingame, California.  Vicarious appreciator of palms in other people's gardens and in habitat

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    Here's two getting an overtrim in my neighborhood today. Won't affect them in the least...

     

    aztropic 

    Mesa, Arizona 

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    Mesa, Arizona

     

    Temps between 29F and 115F each year

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    Cut away , that is a very hardy palm that will soon replace the growth. Some palms , especially slow growing ones with fewer fronds can suffer a bit . Phoenix is not one of them. That said , I really hate to see over trimming like what @aztropic posted. I mean it’s their palm but….. Harry

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