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Old 05-03-2023, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by justjim View Post
We have a beautiful Sylvester palm in our front yard. Neighbors love it and as they say “it’s Florida”! There is maintenance cost, as others have pointed out, but palms are good for the landscaping economy. That said, if I had a “do over” , I would go with a couple of Sabal palms - less maintenance and native to Central Florida. Good luck.
Sabals are actually fairly high on the maintenance scale compared to other palms. LOTS of seeds that easily become weeds, then volunteer trees in the beds.