Texas sabal palm (Sabal texana) is a slow-growing palm with thick, smooth, spineless leaf stems and is cold-hardy to about 10 degrees.(Howard Garrett) Several palm trees will grow well here in North ...

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 ...

A bacterial infection called lethal bronzing is killing palm trees across Florida. More than two dozen palms were recently removed from Clearwater's Coachman Park. Experts said there's no cure, but ...

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 ...

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, ...