Date Palm Plant. You’ll need to choose a sunny spot and dig a hole large enough to hold the plant’s roots. Diseases and pests of date palm.
Date palm, (phoenix dactylifera), tree of the palm family (arecaceae) cultivated for its sweet edible fruits. The fruit has been the staple food and chief source of wealth in the irrigable deserts of north africa and the middle east. Diseases and pests of date palm.