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Old 06-23-2012, 05:45 AM
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Originally Posted by ajbrown View Post
I love, but would never again buy a robellini Palm.

From our experience they are much less cold tolerant that others. Our queens survived some tough winters since 2007, but our 3 legged robelli now just has one leg

I have a robellini also that we love. In the winter months hubby puts a tent-like structure around it consisting of 4 stakes in the ground wrapped with plastic surrounding the robellini. It looks great...but can someone please tell me what is the best tool to use when trimming a Sylvester. The bark is so tough.