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A friend sent me a photo of a "bald" palm tree ( Trachycarpus wagnerianus ). I've never seen anyone remove the fuzz from the trunk, but it's pretty cool. Makes me think of the tall palms in drier, ...

Q: I have moved to a house with a 5-foot palm tree in the back yard. I suspect it is too late, but was I supposed to do something to protect this tree over the winter? It looks fine so far. -- P.K., ...

It appears, perhaps predictably, that palm trees cannot survive in Nova Scotia. In 2018, Halifax Regional Municipality experimented with planting seven palm trees across Dartmouth, a community of just ...

Hot sun, blue sky, a pool at your feet and the dry rattle of palm fronds overhead -- it's a picture-perfect summer day, but you're not in the islands. You're in your New Jersey backyard, channeling ...

Thanks to the ocean front location, Fairhaven and Acushnet is rated USDA Zone 6a/7a. This means gardeners can sometimes push the limit on the plants we choose to grow. Many palm species and varieties ...

California boasts many palm trees, but in reality the state has the same number of native palms as does Oklahoma with its native dwarf palmetto. The stately California fan palm, which is also known as ...

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 ...

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 ...