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Whitefly

      Whiteflies are the small insects that threaten the beautiful panorama of Palm Beach. We hope to educate you in their control and interest you in helping preserve our town’s wonderful landscape.
      You have all heard of the whitefly that eats and kills our ficus hedges. Evidence of their appetite can be seen all over town. Well, that’s not all they eat. Our magnificent banyans, such as those specimens at Lake Park, are on their menu. In fact, if you walk in Lake Park, you will see them flying around and this summer they coated any car unwise enough to park at the Brazilian Docks. But, that’s not all that’s on their diet…they like strangler figs, Cuban laurel, banana-leaf fig and fiddle-leaf figs, as well. That is the FICUS WHITEFLY.
      In addition to the ficus whitefly, we are under siege by the SPIRALING WHITEFLY. Its taste tends toward gumbo limbo, sea grape, Canary Island date palm, plumeria, hibiscus and many other shrubs and ornamentals.

- Polly Reed (GCPB Hort Chair)
- Ann Vanneck

Click here for more information about what you can do to protect your landscaping.

The Worth Avenue Living Wall

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In the nursery		The Living Wall

The Southern Oasis Traffic Circle

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From humble beginnings....

To the grand finale...

                    The Garden Club of Palm Beach announces our gift to the Centennial of Palm Beach. The landscaping of the Southern Oasis traffic circle, located at the intersection of Southern and Ocean Boulevards has been redesigned and installed with the help of the town's Public Works Department and the professional input of local landscape architect Alan Stopek of Efflorescence, Inc. The Public Works Department cleared the area, installed a low volume irrigation system, upgraded the electrical service, and donated two coconut palms. In consultation with Garden Club members, Stopek selected and installed aloes, agaves, bromeliads, ponytail palms, and other succulents. Once these new drought-tolerant, wind-resistant and salt-tolerant plants are established, they require very little maintenance. In the three islands surrounding this circle, the town has planted zoysia empire grass and green island ficus.
     Dedication of the Southern Oasis traffic circle was December 13, 2010.

Event Calendar

Start Date	End Date	Event Details	Type
Feb 08, 2012 2:30 PM	Feb 08, 2012 3:30 PM	Garden Club of Palm Beach Annual Speaker More > >	Public Events