Royal palm trees line both sides of McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers for miles. Nearly all of the trees survived Hurricane Ian. (Saul Martinez for NPR) FORT MYERS, Fla. — When a hurricane assaults the ...
THAN $4, A CENTERPIECE OF THE GREATER DES MOINES BOTANICAL GARDENS COLLECTION IS NO MORE. TODAY, THE GIANT CUBAN ROYAL PALM TREE WAS CUT DOWN. PIECE BY PIECE. IT WAS GROWING TOO LARGE FOR THE DOME. IT ...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — When a hurricane assaults the coast, as Ian did to Southwest Florida, flip on the TV and the images the cameras have to show are palm trees flailed by the furious winds. The ...