Palm Beach's Royal Poinciana Plaza features catty surfboard tree

A Dec. 4 event drew hundreds to Palm Beach's Royal Poinciana Plaza for the unveiling of this year's surfboard tree.
Phys.org

'In her prime': Rare blooming of palm trees in Rio

An extraordinary botanical spectacle is drawing crowds in Rio de Janeiro: several talipot palm trees, planted more than six decades ago, are blooming for the first—and last—time in their lives. The ...
The Independent

Rare palm trees flower for first time in decades before dying

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Rare talipot palms are flowering for the first ...
New York Post

Rare palm trees in Rio de Janeiro finally bloom for first and only time after six decades

There are late bloomers, and then there’s talipot palms. In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a crop of imported palms is flowering for the first and only time after being planted by renowned Brazilian ...

Large Burmese python on video getting pulled from Florida neighborhood tree: 'It was pretty dangerous’

Professional snake removal experts captured a 30-pound, 6½-foot Burmese python from a Miami-Dade residential area, preventing ...
Palm Beach Post

World's largest sand Christmas tree kicks off West Palm's holidays

A traditional fir tree may say Christmas in Rockefeller Plaza, but in here in South Florida back in 2012, that just wasn't tropical enough for the folks planning West Palm Beach's downtown holiday ...
Los Angeles Times

Decades-old palm trees in Rio de Janeiro flower for the first — and only — time

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. RIO DE JANEIRO — Towering talipot palms in a Rio de Janeiro park are flowering for the first and only time in ...
WSVN 7News

‘Sandi’ the holiday sand tree is back for West Palm Beach’s ‘Holiday in Paradise’ celebration

A sand sculpture is serving as the centerpiece of the “Holiday in Paradise” celebration in West Palm Beach.Known as<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...
Oregonian

These palm trees waited 60 years to bloom. Now they’re putting on a final spectacle

RIO DE JANEIRO — Towering talipot palms in a Rio de Janeiro park are flowering for the first and only time in their lives, decades after famed Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx ...
Londonist

Palm Tree

This pub was voted one of the best in the area by Londonist readers. The Palm Tree is a remarkable survivor, standing alone in a Blitzed-out street. Inside, too, time has stopped. The same couple, Val ...
Yahoo

Cat Playing With Ornament on the Christmas Tree Looks Straight Out of a Cartoon

If you have a cat, putting up a Christmas tree can go one of two ways: either they completely ignore it, like our cat does, or they can’t stay away from it. Mister Pirog is a British Shorthair that ...
France 24

'In her prime': Rare blooming of palm trees in Rio

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (AFP) – An extraordinary botanical spectacle is drawing crowds in Rio de Janeiro: several talipot palm trees, planted more than six decades ago, are blooming for the first -- ...