Butia capitata, commonly known as jelly palm, is a single-trunked palm tree with large, long leaves. The stiff leaves have a featherlike appearance with thorns along the edge of each leaf petiole.

Conservation & Society, Vol. 17, No. 3 (2019), pp. 236-249 (14 pages) Butia odorata palm forests of southern Uruguay face conservation problems. This species is the identity benchmark of the region ...

Walnut Creek’s Ruth Bancroft is a national authority on drought-resistant gardening. Twice a month, she and her staff share their knowledge with Times readers. A COUPLE OF months ago, this column was ...

I've been giving my favorite jelly palms their usual summer shake-down. But don't for a minute think I'm going to share the location of any of them with you. Just be thankful I'm generous enough to ...

Q: Here is a picture of palm seeds that I collected on my morning walk last spring, before and after I cleaned off the fruit. Also, here is a picture of the resulting seedlings. Can you identify the ...

PLANTING PALM TREES: If you want to plant palms in your landscape, the best time is May through August. Palms establish best when planted into warm soil. Select hardier palms that survive severe ...

“Due to the recent fires, it’s been recommended that we remove our last palm tree, which is by our pool. I have a narrow planter in that location. I would like a new drought-tolerant, fire-resistant ...

Some of Florida's native palms, including needle palm, dwarf palmetto, saw palmetto and cabbage palm, are attractive, hardy and low-maintenance landscape plants. But some exotic species, equally ...

I’ve never been all that fond of palm trees, particularly our state tree, the sabal or cabbage palm. They always look so scraggly with dead and dying fronds hanging down. I’ve learned that the older ...