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LIers turn to palm trees to spruce up yards

Originally published: July 6, 2013 6:24 PM
Updated: July 6, 2013 10:16 PM
By NICOLE LEVY nicole.levy@newsday.com

Kokomo Trading Co. founder Jason Bash talks about

Kokomo Trading Co. founder Jason Bash talks about why palm trees would interest homeowners on Long Island. Videojournalist: Nicole Levy (July 1, 2013) (July 5, 2013 2:30 PM)

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The palm tree, a symbol of tropical vacations and castaway islands, may be taking root on Long Island.

In the past two years the sale of warm-weather palms as annual plants has increased by about a third at Hicks Nurseries in Westbury, said Hicks horticulturist Walt Dworkin. The "big boom," as Dworkin called it, started when the economy went south, making the staycation an appealing alternative...

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