2 years ago it was planted in Imperial CA

If it's pushing up a new spear that looks healthy it should be okay. I'm guessing all the photos you've posted are "before" photos.

The style of your house suggests that you live in California (oh lol nevermind! I see now that from a previous post that you live in CA), so I will assume this palm was not affected by cold damage.

It looks free of fungus and mold, it does look dry, but I cannot tell from the pictures. One thing I have learned from various books and websites: For a healthy palm, do not prune the fronds past an imaginary horizontal plane that intersects the end of the trunk/base of the petioles, because this kind of pruning, even in cold weather will harm the plant.

On whether or not it is dead, I cannot tell. At this point it is impossible to tell unless you behead it. You will have to wait a few weeks to see if it pushes out a new healthy frond, as said by tropicbreezent.

Good luck!

~palmsandsnow

The house is in Imperial CA. Winter temperature here is about 75-80 for the high and a low of high 30s on most days. The county has issued a water saving measure of only allowing watering 2 times a week. That is why the grass is very yellow in some spots. In summer time Imperial can reach highs of 110 or occasionally near 120 on the hottest days. What is the reccomended watering schedule for winter and then for summer? The nursery I bought the Bismarck from says to water once every couple of weeks. Not aure if that was for Winter or Summer though. Ive tried researching online and I see a lot of various reccomendations . I really love the look of my Bismarck when I bought it. If this one is dead I would try another maybe from another nursery.

Thanks for the advice everyone

Mark

It looks good Bismarcknia

Hi

Not sure would be ideal for them but they grow extensively in s. florida even produce viable seed though they are very slow in all respects .

I know they survive down to frost even lower with minimal damage as to the highs ,while it's very warm here not quite that warm .lol

You need some local advice .Anybody else growing them in your area?? Find a healthy looking one and ask the owners.

I've grown a lot of them from seed but give them away as they require a lot of room . beautiful palm !! good luck with it gary

Do you ever remember a point in time when the palm started to decline, or was the change pretty much overnight?

Also, what kind of water do you water with?

Good luck!

~palmsandsnow

It started to look to bad over time. The fronds were drying out and turning a brownish color over the last 5 or 6 months or so. The ends of the fonds looked really dried out and withered. So ugly thats why I remved them. I saw a very nce bizmarckia on the next block over. Although it is smaller it looks to be in much better condition than mine. I will talk to the neighbor and ask about there watering routine and any other advice they might have for me.

As far as watering we are limited to watering twice a week in my area. The sprinklers in my opinion don't give the bizmarckia enough water. I'll take the hose and water it that way for several minutes. My gardener placed a plastic pipe a foot away from the palm that goes down maybe 2' deep to reach the root area.

Hooe this helps. Thanks again for the help everyone

mark

Not enough water. Water more,and it will return to glory.

Drought tolerant in Florida. In the Imperial Valley,its blazing hot summers can do a number on a palm not very established.

If it was a seedling grown in hot Madagascar - it would be better off-lol.

Potted plants no such luck. Although,it would look cool if that Biz was between large granite boulders- helping the roots stay cooled.

Pj Orlando- Today I looked very closely toward the base of the bismark. I can see literally hundreds of what looks like very very tiny black ants or spiders. They are so small I don't think I can get a picture of them. Is my Bismark toast. I haven't seen a new leaf open up in quite a while. There is one in the middle but it hasn't opened in a couple months that its been there