Betrock's Cold Hardy Palms
Dr Alan W. Meerow was the former Professor and Palm and Tropical Ornamentals Specialist at the University of Florida’s Fort Lauderdale Research & Education Center. He currently works as a geneticist for the Agricultural Research Service, and is a research collaborator at Fairchild Tropical Garden. He received his B.S. degree in botany and environmental horticulture from the University of California at Davis and his M.S. and Ph.D from the University of Florida in horticultural science and botany. Dr. Meerow originated and taught the course Palm Production and Culture for many years in the University’s Ft. Lauderdale Degree Program in Environmental Horticulture, and currently conducts research in various aspects of tropical horticulture and botany. He has been recognized by the Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association as Horticultural Writer of the Year in 1990, and Educator of the Year in 1991. Dr. Meerow is an internationally recognized authority on! the amaryllis family and has published numerous scientific papers on the taxonomy of that group. He has published over 200 scientific, extension, trade and popular magazine articles on plants. He is the author of Betrock’s Guide to Landscape Palms, and with Timothy K. Broschat, Betrock’s Reference Guide to Florida Landscape Plants, and Ornamental Palm Horticulture.