Also edible are the large leaf buds at the tip of the trunk, which can be eaten raw (as "hearts of palm") or cooked. Supposedly they taste like cabbage--hence the common name, cabbage palm.

A cabbage palm will never be royal, which is precisely why ArtisTree Landscape likes them. Presented by ArtisTree Landscape What’s This? March 8, 2019 So the day is finally here. ...

First, chilling injury from temperatures above freezing results in browning of leaves commonly known as necrosis, or death, of the palm fronds. Chilling injury results from a sudden drop in the ...

The cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto) is the state tree of both Florida and South Carolina. A native tree steeped in history, cabbage palms have been used for centuries by indigenous peoples and ...

Raised in New Jersey, Miller wasn’t fascinated with palm trees until he attended New College in the late ’60s and a friend asked him to draw one. They had “character,” he remembers. And ...

Always ask how hardy a palm is before you purchase it. This is particularly important when planting palms on the north shore. Ideally, palms should be hardy down to 15 degrees.

Palm trees have fibrous root systems that do not go deep, but rather spread widely like a mat into the top 12 to 36 inches of soil. The root systems can be very extensive.