Palm trees do not get borers or sunburned trunks. Borer damage doesn’t happen much probably because they are monocots.
Local Columns
Chilling injury is due to cooler or cold weather (above freezing) temperatures to tropical plants growing outside of — or close to — the fringes of their normal range.
Some composts are rich and full of nutrients. Other times they are not so rich, and the addition of a fertilizer might be needed.
Some plants don’t grow well in rock, and roses are one of them. Nearly all landscape plants in the rose family like soil improvement and a moist environment when planted in desert soils.