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Originally Posted by Ozzello
Lived here almost 60 years. I am a pro landscape designer and have worked in wholesale and retail nurseries since I was 13.
I don't "answer" questions by telling you to go ask someone else.
NO WAY would I use Home Depot or Lowes.
Your best bet is Goney's in Lady Lake. It is the ONLY retail nursery I will use. None of the other nurseries mentioned or not mentioned here are even close to the same class. They are still in the business of selling plants and will sell you what you like the looks of, and probably not give you a full rundown of "pros and cons".
You would benefit from a 30-minute phone call with me about soil and pest issues you will be dealing with and what plants you think you might want to use. Get a note pad and call 3523038610.
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Last Februrary, I replaced the builder installed half dead tree in my front yard with a 3 trunk Robelinii Palm.
The cheapest I could find was on 466, just east of the Golf Cart store and Lighthouse Fish Market. $250 + 200 to remove old tree and plant the new one.
I went to Lowes and the had the same size palm for $95.99. Unfortunately, I couldn't fit it in my wife's SUV, so I got the slightly smaller size for $56.99.
My neighbor across the street and I dug out the old tree and planted the new one.
Took us about an hour and all it cost me was a bottle of Bourbon as a thank you.
It's already grown by more then a foot and I couldn't be happier.
My neighbor was the one who recommended Lowes, as he had done the same thing in his front yard 6-7 years ago, when he bought his house. His looks great, tall and full. I expect mine to be close to the same in a few years. As it is, it's a 100% improvement over what I had.