Palm Sunday

An editorial at the LA Times: After the fires, must we get rid of our flammable eucalyptus and palm trees? Maybe not

Should we cut down all our eucalyptus and palm trees to be safer? Not all, but probably some, says Stephanie Pincetl, professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and founding director of the California Center for Sustainable Communities. She suggests they be planted in the less flammable urban core or in parks. “We don’t have to be draconian about this, but we have to be thoughtful,” she says.

My parent's old house in Rancho Park had 5 huge palm trees. Three very tall Fan Palms, and 2 giant Canary Island Date Palms. I see on RedFin that the palms are all gone, and the front and back lawns have been replaced with desert style landscaping. I would miss the palms, but not mowing the lawns.