Chinese windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) is a hardy, easy-to-grow palm that adds a classic tropical appearance to your garden. The attractive trees are crowned with dark-green, fan-shaped, 5-foot ...

Trachycarpus fortunei - Chinese windmill palm - is a hardy beauty. Ciscoe and Meeghan give one some TLC.

For a long time in Louisiana, the biggest risk that came with growing palms was incurring freeze damage in the winter. In the past decade, however, two diseases have emerged as new threats to these ...

If you want a tropical look in your landscape, palm trees can provide it. There are many types of palms, and most are easy to grow in well-drained soils and full sunlight. They do not tolerate ...

BATON ROUGE, La. - The winter weather that the Bayou State experienced the week of Mardi Gras severely damaged many of our plants. You may have thought your palm trees escaped the cold without too ...

Several palm trees will grow well here in North Texas. Some are quite winter-hardy, and all of them will grow in sun or shade. How well they grow in shady spots is a surprise to many gardeners, but it ...