It’s a lovely idea. I hope you also mention the regular work involved, a neighbor is 92 and still tries to rake up the constantly falling (on his neighbor’s property too) oak leaves. He has energy for 5 minutes raking at a time. Another neighbor’s magnolia leaves are over 6 houses away blown by the wind. And two neighbors have corner lots with king palms. One pays quite a bit to have them cut the frost bitten parts off every year. The other one paid thousands of dollars to have them removed because they were (for 10 years) over some drain unit (and she was reported) although she bought the place like that. Also think of storms and make sure they are not too close to the house if they fall.
So do your research and chose the type of tree you want to maintain. But yes, please do chose trees. The whole neighborhood looks less “industrial” when there are trees. You will be happier coming home. Birds will sing for you by your window. You can have a bit of Florida’s nature all to yourself!
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