Q: I have a palm tree that is planted on a slope. The roots at the base of the tree are exposed and I would like advice on how to keep them covered. The dirt is so shallow that I can’t plant any ...

Plant ecologist Dan Metcalfe explains that palm trees have ... just a few very strong roots, this wider network creates a bottom-heavy base that helps keep the tree in place.

Anyone who has ever seen the peculiar carnivorous Venus flytrap plant gobble up a fly knows that plants can take on some decidedly unplantlike behavior. Trees, as we all know, are pretty ...

“Due to the recent fires, it’s been recommended that we remove our last palm tree ... fire-resistant tree or bush whose roots will not be a detriment in that location. During the summer ...

There is an enormous mushroom-like growth at the base of a palm tree where I work ... in the soil and move to the trunk through the roots without rotting the roots. Conditions that are conducive ...