The needle palm (Rhapidophyllum hystrix) is cold-tolerant and low-maintenance. (Howard Garrett/Special Contributor) Many of the questions about palm trees relate to cold tolerance and freeze ...

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 ...

The tropical look is so popular, gardeners across the country are looking for palms, bananas and any other plant material that will encourage that steel drum atmosphere of the islands for the long ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Palm Beach County could become the second county in the state to start a needle exchange program. County officials are waiting for Gov. Ron DeSantis to sign a bill giving ...

Many of the world’s thousands of palm species aren’t trees — they’re shrubs. Of these, among the finest is a clumping Central Florida resident called needle palm. It grows only 5 to 8 feet tall and up ...