Palms on Figueroa

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Sunday is just about the only day a person can go downtown and not encounter heavy traffic. So today I did just that with camera in hand to take a look at palms trees, what else? A beautiful warm winter morning along Figueroa Street [a major north\ south street thru Los Angeles]; I focused on Bunker Hill and then around USC.

Nothing too special; just the usual palms that seem to do so well in California

Lots of ficus as well

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Queen palms and Bismarckia

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Always surprised that caryota are planted since they die of old age much faster than most palms

These giants have to be 30 ft tall

Here's another look across the street that shows the tall caryotas

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Phoenix palms

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CIDP seems to be a favorite for gardens in from of skyscrapers

Las Vegas doesn't have all of them

I like this photo of flowering magnolia in front to Canary Island Palms

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Downtown

Not every tree is well cared for; I think this is a suffering Howea next to a freeway offramp

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Not all palms caught my eye; flowering Dombeyas in a pocket park

Already past their winter flowering, ornamental pears make a lush garden

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More caryota

Typical street palms [Washingtonia]

Kings and a big old ficus

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Old churches with garden palms

At first I thought this was a traveler palm; not sure exactly what is is

Mature kings

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Forgot this grouping of kings

[Salvades]

CIDP seems to be a favorite for gardens in from of skyscrapers

Las Vegas doesn't have all of them

I like this photo of flowering magnolia in front to Canary Island Palms

Great photo!

[BS Man about Palms]

[paulgila]

great shots,happ! cool to see the plants in such an urban setting!

[Peter]

Great photos, thanks!

[Justin]

Yes, thanks. It's been 10 years since I lived in Los Angeles, but I still kind of miss it.

[epicure3]

At first I thought this was a traveler palm; not sure exactly what is is

I wonder that that is? Kind of looks like a screwed up triangle but not sure.

[Walter John]

At first I thought this was a traveler palm; not sure exactly what is is

I wonder that that is? Kind of looks like a screwed up triangle but not sure.

agree.

[JasonD]

Not all palms caught my eye; flowering Dombeyas in a pocket park

Already past their winter flowering, ornamental pears make a lush garden

The pears appear to be Pyrus kawakamii, the Taiwanese "evergreen" (not quite) species that puts on a beautiful show in February in Southern California. Up here in San Francisco it doesn't bloom much.

[Kris]

CIDP seems to be a favorite for gardens in from of skyscrapers

Las Vegas doesn't have all of them

I like this photo of flowering magnolia in front to Canary Island Palms

Great photo!

Yes,very beautiful !

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Not all palms caught my eye; flowering Dombeyas in a pocket park

Already past their winter flowering, ornamental pears make a lush garden

The pears appear to be Pyrus kawakamii, the Taiwanese "evergreen" (not quite) species that puts on a beautiful show in February in Southern California. Up here in San Francisco it doesn't bloom much.

A common street tree, the pyrus kawakamii start to produce blossoms around Christmas as if Spring has already arrived!