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Old 08-29-2022, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Donegalkid View Post
There are two sexes to a Sylvester palm, (only two!) male and female. If you are lucky you get a male. The male only has pollen stalks, no dates. The female has dates and some people like to cut off the dates as they can be messy. If you have a natural landscape with bark or pine straw mulch you can just let them fall.
Great response. Very informative and right on. Thanks very much. We have one as well. A male and love the tree. And, relatively slow growing.

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My Sylvester is unsure about it identity. Is it something it will decide on it's own, or should I cut off any identifiers now?