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Old 05-31-2012, 12:36 PM
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Default Prices vary, do some shopping!

Just like landscapers around here where estimates can range from 3K to 13K for the same project, palm tree prices can vary dramatically from dealer to dealer, as does installation. First issue is how big a palm are we talking, and can they get it back into your yard...most will not lift anything big over a Courtyard Villa wall.

In general, queens, sabals, and Washingtonians are cheap, pindos, ribbons, sylvesters, windmills, mules, and European (Mediterranean) Fans are expensive. Not much else is sufficiently cold tolerant for this area. Don't buy a Washingtonian for a Courtyard Villa, they grow too fast and get too big.

The cheapest palm prices I've seen is a place on 441 just south (I think) of 466A on the east side. Sorry I don't know the names, but there are 2 nurseries next to each other, the northernmost one (you have to turn right on a road off 441 to get to the entrance) is huge, fun to just walk around and look at all the palms they have. The one just south of that is small, but had the best palm pricing I've seen anywhere, and I've been to almost all of them.

For large pieces (i.e. 8 ft. of wood), another place that had some reasonable pricing was Citrus and Palms much further north on 441 in Belleview. On 301, both Fairfield and Terrascape have a nice selection but seemed pricier, as is Village Palms on 466.

Have fun with it!