[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by Luggage

God was wonderful and decided to have palm trees. There are a lot of squirrels and small animals that live in and around the palm trees

We all have off days!

[Sandy and Ed]

[QUOTE=OhioBuckeye;2023367]You’re right! They require maintenance that most can’t do. Just don’t get turned on by palm trees just because they’re native to Florida. jbartle1, you told them right![/

[Curtisbwp]

Not to mention a safe haven for rodents and palmetto bugs...and the cost of upkeep. People from florida staw away from palms

[DonnaNi4os]

Originally Posted by jbartle1

Check out the Villages grounds after a storm, palm trash everywhere, Think twice, fyi.

The “palm trash” is a result of natural pruning. The Villages does not trim their palms, so as the branches brown and dry out a good wind will bring them down. The Queen palms have very heavy mature branches. I spent the day weeding and cutting back the older fronds from my palms. I never lose branches to the wind or storms and I have no regrets in deciding to have palm trees. They make much less of a mess than the lovely hibiscus flowers that fall and get slimy. Just my opinion with a bit of fact.

[DonnaNi4os]

Originally Posted by jbartle1

Check out the Villages grounds after a storm, palm trash everywhere, Think twice, fyi.

Just a word to the wise with a lot of caution thrown in. IF YOU HAVE A DOG OR CAT DO NOT PLANT SAGO PALMS! They are highly toxic to dogs, cats and even people…every part of them. Talk to your vet and they will tell you that they lose dogs to poisoning from Sago palms every year. It’s an avoidable tragedy. Every part of them is poisonous and it causes vomiting, seizures, diahrrea, bloody stools, jaundice, liver damage and death. Take notice if you take your pet to someone else’s home. They are everywhere.

[HORNET]

Second house in The Villages, opted not to plant palm trees, found them hard to control growth and also expensive to have trimmed several times per year

[Captainpd]

Palms aren't natural to Florida. Bottlebrush trees are a good choice.

[OhioBuckeye]

Originally Posted by Curtisbwp

Not to mention a safe haven for rodents and palmetto bugs...and the cost of upkeep. People from florida staw away from palms

Again, good advice or just find out yourself!

[NoMoSno]

European Fan Palm
Max ht. 15 ft., easy to trim yourself
No bugs or rats
Good down to 20 deg.

[LateBoomer]

Originally Posted by johnfarr

Queen Palms look nice, but require regular trimming, every 6-8 weeks. They are native to frost-free areas south of here. They eventually get so tall that tree trimmers can't safely work with them. Plus if planted near paved areas the roots will cause heaving. I once had 10, but many were killed by frost.

If you must plant palm trees, consider the sable which is native to this area and requires minimal trimming. It is the only one planted by The Villages.

Most mature neighborhoods learned their lesson and had cut them down long ago.

No palms are native to this area. The traditional cutoff lies on a line that stretches from Tampa to Melbourne in Southern Florida and then south only.

So none are native to TV.. For the entire State, only 12 palm species are native at all, and among those are quite a few you don't see in landscaping. Queen Palms -- so many in Florida -- are actually from South America, originally. Sylvester palms are native to Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, etc. Robellini palms are native to China, Viet Nam. Areca palms originated in the Phillipines, Malaysia and India. Royal palms originated in Mexico and other parts of Central America.

and so on.

so much for native palms in TV!

[Fred2016]

The palm trees were here way before you.

[jbartle1]

Originally Posted by Fred2016

The palm trees were here way before you.

Not anymore in this yard

[Happydaz]

Originally Posted by LateBoomer

No palms are native to this area. The traditional cutoff lies on a line that stretches from Tampa to Melbourne in Southern Florida and then south only.

So none are native to TV.. For the entire State, only 12 palm species are native at all, and among those are quite a few you don't see in landscaping. Queen Palms -- so many in Florida -- are actually from South America, originally. Sylvester palms are native to Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, etc. Robellini palms are native to China, Viet Nam. Areca palms originated in the Phillipines, Malaysia and India. Royal palms originated in Mexico and other parts of Central America.

and so on.

so much for native palms in TV!

Wow some misinformation here! According to the University of Florida “Nothing says Florida like a palm tree, so it’s fitting that the state tree is Sabal Palm.“ UF/IFAS goes on to say this native palm grows throughout the state. Just take a hike around central Florida or take a kayak trip down a local river and you will see thousands of these trees growing among pines, magnolia, oak, maple, and cypress trees. Two smaller palms found in central Florida are sabal etonia, (the scrub palmetto) and sabal minor, (swamp palmetto) Both of these palms are lower growing palms that can be seen around our area. So much for “No native palms in TV!”

[Ozzello]

Had sago palms ( yes. large females with seeds ) and lots of dogs, for decades here. Never have I seen or heard a factual account of a dog eating a sago seed.

Almost everything growing in your landscape is poisonous one way or another. Dogs have noses, and we have brains that tell us not to eat things we shouldn't. Leave my sagos alone, they have been on this earth longer than pretty much everything.

[Ozzello]

Originally Posted by LateBoomer

No palms are native to this area. The traditional cutoff lies on a line that stretches from Tampa to Melbourne in Southern Florida and then south only.

So none are native to TV.. For the entire State, only 12 palm species are native at all, and among those are quite a few you don't see in landscaping. Queen Palms -- so many in Florida -- are actually from South America, originally. Sylvester palms are native to Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, etc. Robellini palms are native to China, Viet Nam. Areca palms originated in the Phillipines, Malaysia and India. Royal palms originated in Mexico and other parts of Central America.

and so on.

so much for native palms in TV!

Wrong.

There are several palms and a couple cycads native to this area. (And Bottlebrush trees are NOT native and are of no natural benefit to our natural habitat.) At least most of the non native palms (many of these have naturally arrived on our shores for thousands of years and actually growing on our coastlines) produce food for our birds and other wildlife. They also feed bees that are in a lot of trouble right now because of all the pesticides being sprayed on the plants we have in our yards. These palms you are saying I shouldn't plant , are for the most part, not being sprayed with pesticides, because the pest companies pedaling poisons have already found out what they use will damage palms, and make us palm lovers mad.

Palms ARE native to this area, most of us and the loropetalums, ligustrums, indian hawthorns, bottlebrush, and crepe myrtles.. are not.