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Old 11-25-2020, 04:58 AM
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Default Costly Maintenance.

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Originally Posted by Skip View Post
And all Queen Palms, although sold here out of their zone tolerance, will suffer from "Butt Rot" and will eventually die. Insects in the trunk will bring woodpeckers too that can destroy a palm in a month or two unless you systemically rid the palm of its bugs. I have two, planted 17 years ago, that I baby sit. I notice that The Villages does not plant Queens on their house lots. (Correct me if I'm wrong.)
Maintenance - YES, but Beautiful - also YES.

Skip
The same here, 18 year old queens, the seed pods are so messy if you don’t keep them cut out, the woodpeckers have destroyed one of ours, the bugs are awful and we are charged $20 a Palm to trim. Yes, costly.