If you cut all the fronds off a palm tree, the tree will have no way of photosynthesizing and producing food - so the tree will run out of energy and effectively starve to death.

Judging by the palm pruning being performed in our landscapes, you would think that pruning palms to a few fronds sticking out of the top of the tree is the right thing to do.

To the palmetto weevil, the cut frond odor smells just like a stressed tree. The female weevil lays her eggs on the cut frond base. The hatched larvae tunnel into the tree and feed on palm tissue.

A tree trimmer was rushed to a hospital in extremely critical condition after part of a 50-foot palm tree's "skirt" — the dried fronds that hang from the trunk — fell on him.

* When it comes to pruning palms, the best policy is to only remove totally brown fronds. Also, do not attempt to pull off fronds that will not come off easily, as that could wound the trunk, and ...

A tree trimmer died after being getting trapped underneath palm fronds from the 50-foot tree he was working on in Phoenix over the weekend, according to authorities.

Money trees tend to get leggy around the top, so many people prune the upper leaves off to make them grow more from the bottom. This results in a shorter plant with bushy stems and a balanced ...

Southern California’s palm trees are almost as iconic as our beautiful beaches and sprawling national parks, but their giant prickly fronds aren’t nearly as popular.

Meanwhile, think of a palm tree. They have no wide-spreading branches, rather huge leaves with a central, flexible spine – like enormous feathers, notes Metcalfe.

Removing many of the healthy fronds, which is done in an effort to minimize the need for more frequent pruning, is devastatingly bad for these trees. Palm fronds are the major source of nutrients ...