BILL PRAMUK Having just returned from Southern California- Huntington Beach and Newport Beach, I have palms on my mind. To me, as a temperate Mid-California based arborist, it seems they donât have many regular trees down there. But there are miles and miles of palms: king, queen, windmill, date, Canary Island date, Pygmy date, Mediterranean fan, and others I do not even recognize. Support local news coverage and the people who report it by subscribing to the Napa Valley Register. Special offer: $1 for your first 3 months! Naturally, landscape architects must gravitate in that direction, considering the climate is Sunset Zone 24, where winter lows rarely dip below 45 degrees F, and water stress is relatively low because of the cooling coastal influence.