PLANTING PALM TREES: If you want to plant palms in your landscape, the best time is May through August. Palms establish best when planted into warm soil. Select hardier palms that survive severe ...

PLANTING PALMS: If you want to plant palms in your landscape, the best time is May through August. Palms establish best when planted into warm soil. Select hardier palms that survive severe freezes, ...

Palms are an important group of plants that we use to create a tropical look in our landscapes. May through August is the preferred time to plant palms here because the warm soil will encourage ...

Behold! The common sabal palm tree. Also known as the cabbage palm or swamp cabbage, the tree’s ubiquity in the South, especially in the Southern Florida landscape, makes it go almost unnoticed. And ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. Do you live in an area of freezing winter ...

As part of my duties as an extension agent, I answer a lot of questions about trees. Many times, folks are surprised that the solution they found online was not the best one, and that sometimes it was ...

Are palm trees taken for granted? What do I mean by that? Native plants attract pollinators and wildlife to the yard. Edibles provide food, flavor and nutrition. Hedge shrubs reduce windbreak and add ...

Palm Sunday is April 13 and palms have long been a symbol of sunny California. There are many different types of palms around California, but there is only one native to the area. Related Articles ...

As sea levels rise and soils grow saltier, even the iconic Sabal palmetto—the official state tree of Florida also known as ...

If you live in a tropical or subtropical climate and want a stately, ornamental tree that gives large harvests of sweet fruits, then a date palm tree might be for you. This guide looks at how to grow ...

DAVIE, Florida — Florida's iconic palm trees are under attack from a fatal disease that turns them to dried crisps in months, with no chance for recovery once they become ill. Spread by a rice-sized, ...