Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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IMHO Good Point!
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I have had three huge Queens installed 5 years ago. So far they're fine.
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I have to laugh about landscape rock overheating the soil around the plants. We just moved here from Southern AZ, Tucson to be exact, and it gets very hot there... Pretty much 4 months where it is over 100 degres almost every day. With alot of direct sunshine, most, if not all yards there have rock, and the plants survive just fine, as long as they get daily water. I suspect that the rock vs mulch/pine needles etc debate is mostly based on personal preference.
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Debbie, thanks for this thread and angie for the tome of info! I had citrus trees in the zone north of here (Gainesville) and they survived the winter of 2010 because they were planted near the concrete and asphalt curb that absorbed heat in daytime. Frosty Florida sets record low temperatures - USATODAY.com
Soooo, if you plant queens and use rock, you have a better chance they'll survive cold. Kitty |
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Queen Palms are NOT self cleaning.
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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!
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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
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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. |
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