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.

Yes, a coconut tree is a palm tree. There are actually around 2600 types of palm trees in the family Aracaceae; coconut trees ( Cocos nucifera ) are the only ones in the genus Cocos.

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.