All the diseased Washingtonia palm trees at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park have been removed and replaced with Sabal palmetto trees, the official state tree of South Carolina. The original non-indigenous tree were damaged by frost causing many of them to become diseased and replaced. Bob Sofaly/The Island News
New Palmettos in the Park
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