Sourcing guidance
Define the species, size, condition questions, site limits, and documentation to request before selecting a palm.
Response, Removal & Replacement
Palm Sourcing, Installation & Replacement Planning
Replacement planning connects site constraints, appropriate selection, sourcing questions, installation responsibilities, baseline documentation, and establishment monitoring.
Owner-Led Palm Stewardship
Owner-led South American palm weevil prevention and licensed treatment for valuable mature palms, with palm-specific fertilization, assessments, recurring care, decline response, and qualified-contractor coordination.
California Pest Control Business License No. 47756California Qualified Applicator License No. 175295Category B — Landscape MaintenanceInsured
Treatment recommendations and applications remain subject to the pesticide label, applicable law, site conditions, and agreed scope.
Mature CIDP sourcing
From finding the palm to planning its arrival.
I have helped an Oceanside homeowner source and select a mature Canary Island date palm through Landscape Center. Removal and installation coordination are underway.
I visited the nursery on October 24 and met with Mark. A smaller specimen was selected than originally considered. The next steps are the revised proposal, removal plan, delivery and installation. Follow the project in the Palm Journal.
After a palm is lost
Replacement starts with the site, not the catalog.
Before choosing another palm, I look at space, long-term scale, access, irrigation, installation responsibilities, and how the new palm will be photographed after planting.
Re-homing and transplant review
Document the candidate palm and receiving site, flag visible health concerns, and organize questions for the nursery or relocation contractor.
Planting coordination
Keep supplier information, site preparation, installer responsibilities, and the agreed planting scope clear.
Establishment baseline
Photograph the palm after planting and follow visible condition, irrigation questions, and establishment concerns over time.
SDPP does not claim to own nursery inventory, trucks, cranes, or relocation crews. I provide palm-focused assessment, guidance, documentation, and coordination; qualified suppliers and contractors remain responsible for the inventory, transport, lifting, installation, and work they perform.
Continuing stewardship
The record should continue after planting or relocation.
A transplant-health assessment and repeat photographs can document visible condition, establishment concerns, supplied work history, and the next review without promising transplant success.
Before
Record the palm, proposed site, access, visible condition, and open technical questions.
During
Keep supplier and contractor roles, supplied records, and approved scope attached to the project.
After
Establish dated whole-palm and detail photographs at the receiving site.
Follow
Compare visible condition and decide whether care, confirmation, or contractor follow-up is needed.
Choosing the specimen
Compare the actual palm and the complete scope.
A per-foot price is only one part of selecting a mature palm. I help organize the questions before you commit to a specimen.
The palm itself
Review photographs from more than one side, trunk height and caliper, crown condition, trunk shape and visible injuries. Confirm how the supplier measures billable trunk height.
The complete proposal
Identify the selected palm and clarify digging, transport, crane access, installation, irrigation, cleanup and any written supplier or installer terms.
Care after planting
Keep the known treatment history with the palm. Discuss establishment monitoring and appropriate preventive SAPW protection as part of the receiving-site plan.
Before sourcing or coordination begins, we agree on my role, scope and fee. The proposal identifies the supplier and contractor responsibilities.
Private inquiry
Discuss a property or palm stewardship plan.
Tell me about the property, the palms, and what you are responsible for. I work with managed palm portfolios, large estates, and homeowners protecting important mature palms.