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Originally Posted by Lovey2
Too funny!! all my neighbor's here got palm trees planted and were curious as to why we weren't. I simply said, I've had palm trees for 25 years, I'm just happy looking at yours now!!
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We have been here 11 years and back then we decided we wanted a tropical look to the property. ( queen palms, robilini palm, sylvestri palm and 3 or 4 sego palms.
If I had to do it over again the only palms I would have are the sego. They are cold tolerant, not fast growing and easy to care for. The rest? Queens....way too much maintenence and if you don't they make a mess of the surrounding area. Need professional trimming twice per yer. The sylvestri and robilini not as often.
Look nice....dirty....expensive....and yes the do house critters. You name it and they are there...squirrels, rats, possum and snakes.
Also look for palms native to the area...tha will rule out most of them!
I like the suggestion of having them in your neigbors yard.