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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

While looking through pictures I took of my garden last summer I came across one of my banana plants and remembered that Virginia is a great place to grow cold-hardy tropicals. I found the following ...

PLANTING PALM TREES: 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 ...

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 ...

Last week's column covered six of Florida's native palms: cabbage, dwarf palmetto, scrub palmetto, Florida royal, paurotis and buccaneer. Today we'll focus on the other five, beginning with one that ...

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 ...