Kallie Melkesian with date palms. They grow 115 acres of palm trees. COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. — Four generations of the Melkesian family have grown palm trees for more than 80 years in California’s ...

The ASU Tempe campus is a designated arboretum that is meant to be an oasis for plants from around the world, including the date palms that line the sidewalks on campus. ASU is home to the largest ...

Before all the windmill tours, pool parties and bangle-wearing festival-goers arrived, the wickedly dry and strikingly beautiful Coachella Valley caught the eye of a very different type of visitor: ...

COACHELLA, Calif. — Claudia Lua Alvarado has staked her future on the rows of towering date palms behind the home where she lives with her husband and two children in a desert community east of Los ...

Plant scientists at a world-leading firm that grows date palms in the UK hope to turn an Indian desert green as they open a new state-of-the-art lab. Although the British climate is too cold to grow ...

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” to ...

This tree is valued for its delicious fruit. Reviewed by Kathleen Miller The date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) has a commanding presence. Its arching, gray-green, waxy fronds can reach more than 10 feet ...