What would a tropical vacation be without palm trees? That’s why every year millions of palm trees are trucked north to local nurseries so gardeners can enjoy them for a few months during the summer.

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 ...

WHAT: This exotic looking windmill palm is one of the hardiest palms available for Northwest gardeners. Its symmetrical leaves form a 3-foot fan and feature finely toothed edges. Its unusual single ...

These cold-hardy windmill palms outside the News 12 studios are wrapped every winter and unwrapped in March after surviving freezing temperatures and snow.

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. Do you live in an area of freezing winter ...

Q: I have moved to a house with a 5-foot palm tree in the back yard. I suspect it is too late, but was I supposed to do something to protect this tree over the winter? It looks fine so far. -- P.K., ...

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 ...