The palm trees were added to make people want to come and buy land.

Jul 06, Over the next 50 years, palm trees would become a major transformative force in the development of Los Angeles. This is despite the fact that they don’t really do Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins. Jul 07, InLos Angeles was a town of around 8, people, and there were no palm trees in sight.

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The palm trees were added to make people want to come and buy land in southern California, but it wasn’t L.A.’s developers or city planners who came up with the idea: it was the French. In the s, the craze for palm trees in Los Angeles reached new heights. The desert fan palms native to California grow where there is water- for all that. In the s, the craze for palm trees in Los Angeles reached new heights.

The desert fan palms native to California grow where there is. Jul 07, The palm trees were added to make people want to come and buy land in southern California, but it wasn't L.A.'s developers or city planners who came up with the idea: it was the French.

Up until the mid- to lateth century, the French Riviera was sparsely populated. But popular writers began traveling there, and found it was pretty nice. Jun 13, The most common palm tree with the tall, skinny trunk is called a Washingtonia robusta. They grow well, and fast, in warm climates like Phoenix and Los Angeles.

To say that they grow like weeds is not an exaggeration, they often grow out of cracks in Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. Dec 07, The L.A. Department of Water and Power has indicated that as the city's palm trees die, most will not be replaced with new palms but with trees more adapted to the region's semi-arid climate, requiring less water and offering more bushmulch.barted Reading Time: 7 mins. Oct 18, Palm trees were imported from all over the world to intrigue travelers as they moved westward into the newly developing city.

The Golden Age of Hollywood in the s saw a resurgence of these trees. It’s estimated that the forestry division planted nearly 25, trees throughout the area. Sep 22, Sep 22, Los Angeles’s palm trees are dying of fungus and under the threat of invasive insects. The city won’t replace the palms that die, altering their prominence in Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins. Palms need moisture in the soil to survive so were huddled near sources like the Los Angeles River.

Indians used them for sustenance and practical purposes such as using the fronds for basket weaving, shelter and even clothing.