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Originally Posted by johnfarr
Queen Palms look nice, but require regular trimming, every 6-8 weeks. They are native to frost-free areas south of here. They eventually get so tall that tree trimmers can't safely work with them. Plus if planted near paved areas the roots will cause heaving. I once had 10, but many were killed by frost.
If you must plant palm trees, consider the sable which is native to this area and requires minimal trimming. It is the only one planted by The Villages.
Most mature neighborhoods learned their lesson and had cut them down long ago.
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No palms are native to this area. The traditional cutoff lies on a line that stretches from Tampa to Melbourne in Southern Florida and then south only.
So none are native to TV.. For the entire State, only 12 palm species are native at all, and among those are quite a few you don't see in landscaping. Queen Palms -- so many in Florida -- are actually from South America, originally. Sylvester palms are native to Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, etc. Robellini palms are native to China, Viet Nam. Areca palms originated in the Phillipines, Malaysia and India. Royal palms originated in Mexico and other parts of Central America.
and so on.
so much for native palms in TV!