Hello and good morning. I live in San Diego and i’m surrounded by palms, it’s lovely! The weather, the trees, everything. The only issue is that we don’t have coconuts

So where are the closest coconut trees to San Diego? Is this an excuse for the next tropical vacation or is there anywhere you can find them that’s relatively near by? Thank you!

There’s some growing here, though they don’t have the grandeur of the ones from the tropics. ‘SouthernCATropicals” looks to be growing one pretty well and I believe that he is in central San Diego. They have been reported in Santa Ana, Del Mar, and further inland desert areas (Indio?).

A lot of us are growing Beccariophoenix Alfredii (or one of the other Beccariophoenix species) as a substitute.

1 hour ago, Sabal Steve said:

There’s some growing here, though they don’t have the grandeur of the ones from the tropics. ‘SouthernCATropicals” looks to be growing one pretty well and I believe that he is in central San Diego. They have been reported in Santa Ana, Del Mar, and further inland desert areas (Indio?).

A lot of us are growing Beccariophoenix Alfredii (or one of the other Beccariophoenix species) as a substitute.

Do you know if they have any that are in public or would they all be in private gardens?

On 8/14/2026 at 1:40 PM, Cl.Travels123 said:

Do you know if they have any that are in public or would they all be in private gardens?

All the coconuts in CA right now are in private homes but I would love to show you mine if you’d like to see haha. My biggest just has a couple inches of trunk /is 3 years old only. If you’re looking for a lot of public coconuts, definitely Los Cabos in Mexico, it’s a short flight down and a vacation spot.

5 hours ago, SouthernCATropicals said:

If you’re looking for a lot of public coconuts, definitely Los Cabos in Mexico, it’s a short flight down and a vacation spot.

Yep, ..for now at least, gotta head further south to see good examples of " West Coast " Coconuts ..Easy to find /observe, Publicly accessible specimens at least.. As mentioned, there are some nice, " up and coming " specimens in private gardens around Southern CA.

Cabo / San Jose Del Cabo and the eastern Cape in BCS, Todos Santos, ....and in / around the La Paz area a little further north of Cabo = Lots ..and lots... countless Coconut specimens to observe.

...Give it time though... More winters like this past years?' = Coconuts will likely find their way into public landscapes -somewhere- around So. Cal. Times are changing.