Palm trees vs Oak Trees (states, California, live, best)

[clean_polo]

How can you call palm trees ugly though?

[WestbankNOLA]

Originally Posted by clean_polo

How can you call palm trees ugly though?

Some are though.

Ugly ->
Beautiful ->
Even Better ->

[Infamous92]

Originally Posted by WestbankNOLA

Oaks stand out too.

^these are everywhere here, surrounded by palm trees.

Yeah they can stand but most oaks don't look like that.

Sabals aren't ugly either lol.

[WestbankNOLA]

Originally Posted by Infamous92

Yeah they can stand but most oaks don't look like that.

Sabals aren't ugly either lol.

Those are the only kind of oaks I see though... So for me, hey!

[Zone13]

There's over 2000 species of BEAUTIFUL palms, all unique, some are vining, some are 100 ft. tall trees, some are only spiny bushes, and some are even aquatic. But oaks,....they all look similar. But old oaks have a very nice look to them.
The beautiful purple/orange crownshaft of Dictyocaryum lamarckianum

The red crownshaft of the lipstick palm, Cyrtostachys renda

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The spectacular blue of the blue hesper palm Brahea armata

The grande royal palm Roystonea oleracea

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Graceful Clinostigma samoense

The black crownshaft of Neovetchia storckii

The orange crownshaft of Dypsis pluifera

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The unusual Pseudophoenix eckmanii

The swollen base of Hyophorbe lagenicaulis

The white crownshaft of Cyphophoenix elegans

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The giant Corypha umbraculifera

The split leaves of Licuala ramasayi

The majestic Kerriodoxa elegans

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Bismarkia nobillis makes a big statement

Lastly, the red fronds and petitoles of Latania lantaroides