This article entertains an ongoing debate that I often hear: Are palm trees really trees? Could our state tree, the sable palm, not even be a tree? This has been argued in many different ways with the ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Hurricanes — whether big or small — manage to damage or destroy most things in their path. But palm trees tend to escape a hurricane's fury.... Palm trees in Florida weathered Hurricane Ian's wrath ...