I’ve been watching this tree for about 20 years, since my days as a member of the International Palm Society. It was tiny then, not much more than a seedling, innocently planted by the previous ...

Palm trees have only one growing point, unlike oak trees and ficus and other shade trees that have many growing points. Cutting off the green on these one-point growers is even more damaging than ...

Palm trees are blown by strong wind as the second and more powerful of two atmospheric river storms arrives to Santa Barbara, California, on February 4, 2024.

Orioles, The Bright Yellow Or Yellow-Orange-And-Black Birds seen flitting among the palm trees, are summer residents of San Diego County’s coastal areas. A century ago, the orioles preferred to ...

Historian Kristi Hawthorne says that city fathers first started planting palm trees along Hill Street (now Coast Highway) since the 1890s. “Palms do not naturally occur on the coast,” says ...

Another big difference between coconut trees and palm trees is how they’re used. The obvious product that coconut trees produce is—you guessed it—coconuts. These drupes are known for their delicious ...

San Diego — Aiming to reduce wildfire risk and bolster native trees, conservation groups are using helicopters this week to remove 300 invasive palm trees from canyons in Tierrasanta. Crews ...

Palm trees along Florida's Gulf Coast are dying off at an alarming rate and some scientists believe global warming and salt from rising sea levels could be the cause. Skip Navigation.

The fort spokesman says the trees were trimmed to prepare for hurricane season. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- The latest attack at the Castillo de San Marcos may have been on its own trees.

Palm trees with fibrous trunks should be vigorously pruned and stripped of all fibrous tissue. ... Coast Guard assists 11 people on flooded catamaran off Dana Point.

Cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto) is the state tree of South Carolina and Florida. The taller sibling to the dwarf palmetto, it gets 20 to 30 feet high (or more) with a well-defined trunk.