Because palm trees refers to such a wide variety of species, you can spot them in deserts, rainforests, and along temperate coasts. Another big difference between coconut trees and palm trees is ...

The main reason to prune a palm tree is for aesthetics. Unlike other shrub or tree pruning, cutting back the tree won’t encourage more growth. Over-pruning will damage the tree, so focus on these key ...

The palm tree has been cultivated by humans for almost 5,000 years. This began in the Middle East with the Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) but soon expanded to other regions with other palm species.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Listen up, West Palm Beach residents and businesses! You can get up to four free native trees for ...

The City of Palm Springs began planting trees before Santa Monica but didn’t inventory trees until much later. In 2015 the City of Palm Springs did a survey of all the trees in the city.

Two breeding sites of the invasive palm tree-killing coconut rhinoceros beetle were recently discovered in West Hawaiʻi. Several coconut rhinoceros beetle larvae, or grubs, and an adult scarab. (Photo ...

Do you see fewer palm trees in New Orleans? Blame these two deadly, incurable diseases. Many date palm trees came from Asia, Africa and the Canary Islands and are susceptible to bronzing disease.

Tree islands restore nature in oil palm plantations Research team led by Göttingen University investigate native species recovery in Sumatra Peer-Reviewed Publication University of Göttingen ...

Botanists have discovered a new species of giant self-destructing palm on the island of Madagascar. The tree, described as the nation's largest palm species, is unlike anything else ever found on the ...