The dwarf trees at a government research center in Malaysia’s southern state of Johor are clones of a new variety bred to be 30 percent smaller than regular oil palms when they mature.

Regular palm trees in Kampar, Riau province. The dwarf trees are clones of a new variety bred to be 30 per cent smaller than regular oil palms when they mature.

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 ...

Test tubes holding plants line shelves in a Malaysian laboratory, the heart of a breeding programme for dwarf palm oil trees which scientists hope will cut costs and limit the environmental damage ...

Here is south Louisiana, we have several hardy palm trees from which to choose. Native palms include cabbage palm, dwarf palmetto, needle palm, saw palmetto and Texas palmetto.

Texas sabal palm (Sabal texana) is a slow-growing palm with thick, smooth, spineless leaf stems and is cold-hardy to about 10 degrees. Sabal minor is the dwarf form of this plant.

Coconut trees, meanwhile, have a more narrow range; a full-grown tree always stands somewhere between 30 and 100 feet (dwarf plants will of course be smaller). Location is another big clue.

Palm trees are the signature plants that define South Florida's lush, tropical landscapes and the pygmy date palm is frequently used as a landscape focal point.

Areca palm (Chrysalidocarpus lutescens) is used almost exclusively as a privacy hedge because it has very dense weeping fronds. It can grow to 20 feet tall and 10 feet in diameter.

Palm trees are a staple of New Orleans' tropical landscapes. Here, ... Some palms grow in a more shrublike fashion, such as the dwarf palmetto, saw palmetto and needle palm.