Growing palm trees from seeds is a long process but it is doable. (Photo David Grunfeld, The Times-Picayune) QUESTION: There are some big palm trees near my house, and I was wondering if they would ...

The sheer beauty of palm trees rank them among the most highly-valued landscaping plants in the world. Their bold and exotic character sets them apart from other plants. Included in the planting ...

At first glance the problem of how to plant trees would seem to be a straightforward one: take a seed, jam it into the soil and let nature take its course. Or alternatively do much the same with a ...

In the late 1970s, the renowned poet W.S. Merwin bought three acres of an old pineapple plantation in Hawaii -- a “paradise lost,” where little would grow due to deforestation and chemicals leftover ...