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, ...

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 ...

Did you know that Brazoria County has been the subject of a long and spirited botany debate? Palm botanists puzzled over (or pointedly ignored) the problem of the Brazoria palm for years. They ...

With summer officially here and its normal hot, humid weather, one might think that Oklahoma is part of the tropics. Adding to that illusion are the palms that we see in some area gardens. The palm ...

Palm trees are iconic of lush tropical locations around the world. They have long been part of classic gardens in temperate England and the Mediterranean. Palms are also at home along the Carolina ...

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 ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. Do you live in an area of freezing winter ...

Every year gardeners stress over when to install cold-sensitive plants – and with good reason. When I lived in Polk City years ago, nights in early spring were frosty from April 1-14. So it’s wise for ...

Did you know that there are four different palm species that are native to the southeastern USA? Of course, there are plenty of different kinds of palms grown in cultivation that are not native. One ...

This study examined how fire events affected the flowering of two native palms in a fire-prone environment. By examining how flowering varied across vegetative associations, I determined whether plant ...