Date palm trees are slow-growing yet can reach up to 100 feet in height, depending on the variety. They can provide structure in a garden and can be good trees for shade.

This commercial date palm species, Phoenix dactylifera, at some point gave rise to feral offshoots that sustain themselves on sandy, dry Cape Verde, researchers report February 11 in Plants ...

For nearly a century, three Canary Island date palm trees have welcomed visitors to La Jolla’s La Valencia Hotel. Until this week. The hotel, at 1132 Prospect St., made the “difficult decision ...

Palm trees along English Bay in Vancouver on a sunny October afternoon. Photo by Mark van Manen / PNG In February 2015, I was in Ontario visiting a friend who lived in Barrie.

The trees he sells might be $300 each, but Mark Trainor says the idea of lounging poolside in Canada with palm trees in his own backyard is priceless. "It's amazing," he said.

However, palm trees are not native to the area, Timmerman said. Many date palm trees came from Asia, Africa and the Canary Islands and are susceptible to the lethal diseases.