Strong storms that blew through parts of southern Palm Beach County brought down a decades-old tree. WPTV viewer Dishune ...

Ficus benjamina can survive the white fly, but requires a heavy dose of pesticides — a practice the town is discouraging as part of its Green Initiative push toward environmentally safer methods.

With so much construction going on throughout South Florida and Palm Beach, new hedges are inevitably being planted everywhere. Ficus (Ficus benjamina) has been banned due to the whitefly ...

There was time when one of the hallmarks of Palm Beach was thick hedges of ficus benjamina towering above the sidewalks to provide privacy for the homes beyond them. But times are changing. This ...

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Town council approved a special pick-up program to dispose of removed ficus benjamina at no cost to residents.