Identifying Palm Trees vs. Coconut Trees. The first step for identifying the type of tree you’re looking at is to determine its size. A palm tree can be anything from a 6-foot houseplant to an ...

Whether you're taking on a previous homeowner's garden or going on a nature walk, here's how to identify what species a certain tree or flower is.

Palm trees are hardly alien to this hemisphere. Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conquistador who blasted his way through Aztec Mexico, complained about them in a 1525 letter to his master, the Holy ...

The palm tree has been cultivated by humans for almost 5,000 years. This began in the Middle East with the Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) but soon expanded to other regions with other palm species.

Judging by the palm pruning being performed in our landscapes, you would think that pruning palms to a few fronds sticking out of the top of the tree is the right thing to do.