Sylvester palm [Archive] - Talk of The Villages Florida

ruby9red

11-29-2012, 03:58 PM

I am thinking about planting a Sylvester Palm. Not sure if December or January is a good time or should I wait until spring. Can anyone comment on that. Thanks

Roaddog53

11-29-2012, 04:32 PM

I am thinking about planting a Sylvester Palm. Not sure if December or January is a good time or should I wait until spring. Can anyone comment on that. Thanks

I would suggest you call many of the good landscape companies and ask them. Patrick at McGowan landscape is a straight shooter and will let you know without any pressure. Or even U Of F agriculture dept. they help too.

jimbo2012

11-29-2012, 06:58 PM

get an unbiased opinion.

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travelguy

11-29-2012, 07:53 PM

sylvesters are great. a fantastic source is Village Palms, located on CR 466 just east of Morse, right before Rolling Acres Rd.

Barefoot

11-29-2012, 08:01 PM

I am thinking about planting a Sylvester Palm. Not sure if December or January is a good time or should I wait until spring. Can anyone comment on that. Thanks

We had our double Sylvester Palm planted in December 2011 (by Terrascape Nurseries). January might be a bit late as palm trees need to be watered daily day for the first month. Our Sylvester is doing fantastic. It's my favourite type of palm.

skyguy79

11-29-2012, 08:07 PM

I just had a beautiful Sylvester put in with our landscaping last week by TerraScape! We wanted a single Sylvester as we already have a quintuple robellini in the front of the house!

Uptown Girl

11-29-2012, 08:32 PM

We got ours from Village Palms (352) 753-4772
Call or visit and just ask for appropriate planting info.
They sell with a decent warrantee on these trees, better than we found anywhere else we looked. (and we looked at quite a few places)

Do know that the Sylvester takes a little longer to get established in the ground. Careful trickle watering daily for the first 30 days is paramount.
Wendy (Village Palms) gives all the proper instructions needed ( for those first 30 days and beyond) when they install your tree.

Our neighbor bought two very large beauties from his independent landscaper and was told to soak them for a week. After that week, he left for 3 months. One tree died in the first month, the other died two months later.
His warrantee was only good for 30 days, and he was not here. He now has to pay to have them taken away.