Phoenix canariensis (Phoenix Palm or Canary Island Date Palm) has many vicious spikes. Pruning costs are high. The film shows how to control this unpleasant invader and save yourself big dollars, truly.
An article in The New Zealand Herald two or three years ago - thirty or more children are admitted to Starship Hospital a year, with phoenix palm wounds requiring hospitalisation. There would be dozens more children injured but treated by local doctors. Yet nurseries still sell the things and people will plant them, and only about 50% receive any kind of maintenance. They are frost hardy, surviving central North Island winters. NZ's Far North is approximately the same latitude as Sydney. Col, Bay of Islands.
