Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sable palm, the state tree of Florida. Is it really a tree? This article entertains an ongoing debate that I often hear: Are ...

DAVIE, Florida — Florida's iconic palm trees are under attack from a fatal disease that turns them to dried crisps in months, with no chance for recovery once they become ill. Spread by a rice-sized, ...

Behold! The common sabal palm tree. Also known as the cabbage palm or swamp cabbage, the tree’s ubiquity in the South, especially in the Southern Florida landscape, makes it go almost unnoticed. And ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A deadly disease that's killing hundreds of palm trees throughout Florida is called lethal bronzing and it's killing not just one but several species of palm trees. Danny Lippi, a ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — When a hurricane assaults the coast, as Ian did to Southwest Florida, flip on the TV and the images the cameras have to show are palm trees flailed by the furious winds. The ...

More than 500 palms have helped welcome passengers at Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport for well more than a decade. For out-of-state visitors, the palms serve as an immediate symbol of the Sunshine ...

As Charleston grows, more homeowners are turning to palm trees to bring a tropical and Lowcountry feel to their yards.

Scotland’s oldest palm tree, which had to be cut down after 230 years in a botanical garden, will live on, after its ...

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 ...

This article entertains an ongoing debate that I often hear: Are palm trees really trees? Could our state tree, the sable palm, not even be a tree? This has been argued in many different ways with the ...