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Originally Posted by joldnol
I understand many of you are new to Fla when you move in but there is a reason you see hardwoods in the country and not palms. A humble Villager and native Floridian
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When we moved to Miami in 1953 from the Pittsburgh area the first thing my father did was to plant a coconut palm along with orange, grapefruit and banana trees. We also had a fig tree and Mango tree. The Villages is much less tropical than that area and you won't see coconut or royal palms. I really enjoy seeing the oak trees and also some of the red maple which actually change color in this time of year. I don't want them in my yard though dropping all those leaves. I can understand new transplants from up north wanting palms.