Foxtail palm, Wodyetia bifurcata, is a popular home landscaping tree in the southern U.S., growing well in humid, warm zones 10 and 11. This fairly small tree grows to just 30 feet with a canopy of ...

South Florida’s palm trees are postcard promises of sighing sea breezes and sandy beaches, but the icon of the tropics may be an impractical adornment in an era of climate change. From the regal royal ...

While Houston's palm trees are plenty, only a select variety can survive our winters. Sometimes even the hardiest palms can get burned when exposed to extreme cold. There's evidence of this in Houston ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — When a hurricane assaults the coast, as Ian did to Southwest Florida, flip on the TV and the images the cameras have to show are palm trees flailed by the furious winds. The ...

They are iconic to Florida, but palm trees offer little shade to urban heat islands and capture very small amounts of carbon, a greenhouse gas contributing to global warming. South Florida’s palm ...

South Florida’s palm trees are postcard promises of sighing sea breezes and sandy beaches, but the icon of the tropics may be an impractical adornment in an era of climate change. From the regal royal ...