The Palm Springs City Council postponed voting on an ordinance that could have altered the look of the city's namesake trees.

The ponytail palm is not a true palm tree but is a member of the asparagus family (Asparagaceae), and is commonly grown as a house plant. This tropical tree (Beaucarnea recurvata) can reach up to ...

In the 1800s and 1900s, new Angelenos imported palms from elsewhere in the world. In the 1930s, the city underwent its biggest palm planting boom, with more than 25,000 palms planted in 1931 alone ...