Try These 11 Common Palm Tree Varieties. The different varieties of palm tree will make your head spin, ranging from towering monoliths to more compact trees that can be grown in groups.

Palm Sunday is April 13 and palms have long been a symbol of sunny California. There are many different types of palms around California, but there is only one native to the area.

Palm Springs had its own very famous fig tree adjacent to the McCallum adobe which now serves as the home of the Historical Society. It has been sadly lost.