Yes, indeed, real live palm trees are coming to Iowa. In the next 30 days a gentleman from California will arrive in Des Moines, Ia with 19 Chinese Tibetan palm trees to be planted at an as yet undisclosed site. What are those people thinking? What matter of insanity is this? Will they survive an Iowa winter? At least they are planting them in the spring and they will have a chance to take root...hope that Iowa next year does not have a winter like this one. This was one of the toughest winters that Iowa has experienced in many years. Maybe the planting of these palm trees will reassure Iowans that spring is truly around the corner