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These two are clearly tops (Maybe Honolulu too?), but I'll go with Miami. I've been to LA but not Miami. Looking on Google Maps Miami appears to have a higher concentration, which isn't saying much really
there are more species of palms in the Fairchild botanical garden then the entire state of california. LA doesnt have any coconut palms, many staple south florida palms cannot grow well in SoCal. examples include royal palms, bottle palms, and buccaneer palms. Christmas palms and foxtail palms can be found as north as daytona beach but do horribly in LA and seldom last more then a year. Miami also has native palms unlike LA. almost all sabal palms, royal palms, and buccaneer palms all grow wild in that region. LA however does not have anywhere as much lightning so palms often get taller there
Miami wins by slightly. LA has some small areas where there are not just palm trees, whereas in Miami they are almost everywhere.
That is a key point you made.
Miami....they are everywhere!
Not so in LA
I was watching old episodes of Adam-12 shot outdoors in LA (late 60s/early 70s),
I see pratically entire neighborhoods with few palms, even a fair amount of
deciduous trees, no leaves on trees! Don't see that in Miami.
I was watching old episodes of Adam-12 shot outdoors in LA (late 60s/early 70s),
I see pratically entire neighborhoods with few palms, even a fair amount of
deciduous trees, no leaves on trees! Don't see that in Miami.
Florida does have deciduous trees but the farther south you get into the peninsula those are not native trees anymore.
SE Florida is semi to tropical in vegetation hence the crazy nature of palms of all varieties just growing like weeds everywhere all year long.
That being said I do love the very tall Washingtonias that line the streets of LA.
Miami does get sever cold fronts, it gets especially cold the further inland you go.
No where near as cold as it gets in southern california on Winter nights.
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