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Originally Posted by coffeebean
Which tree are you referring to that is awful messy. We have a Sylvester tree on our property and it not messy at all.
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I was not the poster who said this however, I can speak from experience.
Queen palms are the messy one. We have sylvestri and a multi trunked dwarf date palm with no problem except for very minor trimming.
The queens, now 15 years ago planted are all (9) 25 plus feet in height. They put out huge seed pods that left to open will produce huge amounts of palm berries that eventually drop to the ground covering everything. They also put out a huge yellow flower type appendage that when done blooming makes a huge mess on the ground.
It takes cleaning out at least twice per year at $15 to $20 per palm (because of the height).
Queens are cheap. The look nice and tropical. They grow very fast. And are very messy. When past a certain height they can no longer be serviced by the home owner.
There are too many other better palm choices.