Kleptomania is different from shoplifting or ordinary theft, which is: 1  Deliberate. 2  Motivated by the stolen item's usefulness or monetary value. 3  The result of a dare, an act of rebellion, or a rite of passage.
The coconut palm, a tropical plant not tolerant of frost, grows outdoors in USDA hardiness Zones 10 and warmer. Having beauty in form and texture, the singular, oft-leaning trunk is topped by a feathery tuft of large fronds that is exquisite against a tropical sky.
The air/soil temperature remains too low in So Cal., coconut palms don't favor any sustainable temp periods below 45 degrees. The one in Newport is up against a sunny exposed wall,obviously giving it just enough radiant heat to keep it going. I believe it's about 19 or twenty years old.