Canary palms, cared for rather than replaced.
Site & brief
A villa above Cala Tarida, with a curved pool, mature Canary date palms — Phoenix canariensis — and lawn.
Approach
Picudo treatment and monitoring for red palm weevil, palm pruning, and lawn care. Where a garden already has Phoenix canariensis, the palms are treated and monitored rather than replaced — the same reasoning behind planting Washingtonia on new schemes elsewhere, since it is a species the weevil largely leaves alone. Read more on red palm weevil →
Planting palette
- Canary date palm (Phoenix canariensis) — mature, monitored and treated for red palm weevil.
