I wholeheartedly agree about not using Queen Palms. Many who have planted them north of 466a are now paying a lot of money to have them removed! Don't do it. If you go on the Florida Master Gardener website there are pretty alternatives. I like the rocks and our property is tiny so I'll use them when we finally get down there.

Good luck and have fun at the nursery!

having a Queen indicates that U or your landscapers doesn't know palms.

Go Google it, call the Fl univ, call Rons landscaping, they can't take the low temps.

There R 35 safe palms to plant here, skip the Queen

There is something very appealing about the Queen Palm - it is alive and flowing and rustles in the wind. I was initially enthralled until I started doing some research. If you love the weeping, rather than upright look of a palm and want something that is perfectly suited to our climate look at either the Ribbon or Australian Palm. They are
graceful and have a beautiful reddish trunk and not messy. Now you will pay more than you would for a Queen, but you probably won't have to remove and replace it in your lifetime.