The need for palms in Las Vegas won't be decreasing any time soon; the arid desert has a limited plant palette because of the extreme weather conditions, making it a challenge for Landscape Architects to obtain these trees. "There are major design projects in the works now, and in the next two years, which will require palm trees for landscape," explains Stanley Colton, President of Western Landscape Construction at Valley Crest Landscape, Inc.-- a division of Environmental Industries. Currently the most sought-after palm by Landscape Architects is the Canary Island Date Palm. Hard to come by, this salvaged tree is collected one at a time. Valley Crest Tree Company actually has scouts who drive throughout Southern California all day long in search of the palm. Colton comments on the difficulty of locating the Canary Island date palm, "It's never easy, but we have many sources."