Palm Tree removal
 

We have a queen palm that we would like removed. Looking for recommendations.

Hi: We are in the process of possibly planting some Queen Palms. Can I ask why you're removing yours?

Off the thread somewhat, but my wife and I regret planting palms. We have 4 sylvesters, which have super nasty eye losing thorns, a pindo and a European fan.

If you truly need a palm plant a pindo. Slow growing, hardy and lovely.

Unless you have more money that Amazon, don't plant a queen. They get huge like sylvesters and you'll need to hire folks.

Else, ignore all this and just enjoy!

Do yourself a favor. Don’t plant a queen. You will regret it. We had 3 removed. It gets expensive. They don’t belong in central FL.

Too close to our birdcage.

A blacklisted palm. In boynton beach, in the development where my friend lives you are not allowed to plant one. He has three of them. Grandfathered and blacklisted palms.

Just had a big Sylvester palm removed today by Luis Landscaping. They did a fantastic job. 352-821-9967.

Removing palms
 

We took several out

Luis Landscaping did it for us.

I recently heard of a company who will buy your palm tree and remove it rather then cutting it down.
Did anyone else hear of this????

Maintenance for landscaping
 

Suggestions please... we r planning on landscaping which will include a Sylvester, Bismarck , & mule palm. Since it sounds like u have landscaped extensively Can u Recc a company that will maintain the palms,bushes,which would include fertilizing & trimming and weeding beds? TIA & sorry if a bit off topic.

Tree removal
 

Chainsaw Chimps
They took a couple of trees down for us. I will assume they do palms as well. Great guys.

Who was the company?

Beware, they are expensive to keep trimmed. About every 3 months. They get diseases. One of ours is pushing up the driveway. Beware of where you plant them.

Agree. We had 7 Queen palms removed. 5 died. 1 was pushing up our driveway and the walkway to the front door and the 7th grew so tall the next step was to hire a bucket truck to maintain it. Glad we have no more Queen palms on our property to maintain. Their seed pods can get to be 75 pounds, maybe more.

Palms
 

Queens get huge, need trimming often, the pods are large and very heavy. If you let one go to seed you will have palms growing everywhere for years. There are some companies that will remove the entire tree and fill the hole etc. They are not extremely valuable so it will still cost you some money.

Tree Frog. Licensed Arborist. Amazing work.

Further proof old people are afraid of their own shadows. You are getting advice from 80+ year olds, plant what you like to look at and enjoy the beauty. The Villages would look very different without all of the beautiful palms.

The Bismarck is not cold hardy. It does better in southern Florida. We are looking at the mule palm and researching it as it is a hybrid. They are beautiful but would first like to see how long they have been around. Just an FYI

Rupert Cross can remove the Palm for you.
 

Rupert Cross who can be reached at 352-693-8446 can remove the Palm for you.

palms
 

I took mine out and put in a couple of robollini's.

Constant trimming and messy

I had two Queen Palms cut down a few years ago by a company that no longer exists. I asked about having the stumps removed and was told that Mother Nature will remove them in one year; they are still there. Fortunately, the tops of the stumps are close to the ground and are not a significant problem. If the people that cut your palm down, tell you that the stump will be automatically gone in a year, do not believe them.

We had 9 queens put around our home 17 years ago.
We wanted that "tropical look/feel".
Fast forward....big mistake. Very dirty....large seed pods that open several times per year flowering and huge berries all over the place.
Need cleaning out at least twice per year at $25-$50 per palm.....price goes up as tree gets taller.

We are now down to having only 5 left.....they are approaching 25-30 feet tall. They will all be gone before this year ends.

There are less problematic palms to be had.....the only thing cheap about a queen palm is the initial purchase!!!!

Queen Palms suffer from "Butt Rot" and will eventually die.
They also get boring insects and woodpeckers will do a job on the palm's trunk.
Notice The Villages do not plant Queens on their property.
Avoid Queens even though landscape companies sell and plant them here.
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I used Windburns Tree Service to remove mine…
352-636-2074 very good job, and they were quite reasonable.
Glad I got rid of it! :a040:

Slightly off topic, so which palms are the least problematic? We'd like to plant a few that won't get too large for our yard, suggestions? We also have dogs and have heard some palms are poisonous to them, ugh.

Palm Tree Removal/Sale
 

Yes, I wish I knew the contact number for you. We used them. Ask the Warranty Department or the ARC, that needs to sign off on tree removal. They can probably give you the name of the company that will buy many palms and pay you to have them remove the palm.

Love our queen palms
 

Most of the negative things said about queen palms are true. However, we think the queens are the most beautiful of trees, towering over, long fronds waving in the tropical breeze. Sit on your lanai with a good book, listen to the rustle of the fronds blowing in the breeze, add a glass of pinot. Life doesn't get much better. Of course, if you are interested in saving money and avoiding the hassle, just plant grass. We consider our queen palms as the jewels of our landscpe.

Thx RedChariot-
I called Tree Frog and ur right- Kenarde the owner provided lots of info- thx for ur response-
We r from jersey as well -

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Whatever you do, make sure they remove the stump, NOT grind because you will not be able to plant another tree in that spot for many years. Don’t believe them if they say you can.

Do we have to get approval to have them removed?

You'll be sorry... We told you so... You'll be sorry... We told you so... Infinity...

Take input from other folk's experience. Then do what you wish. I only wish someone had warned me about the maintenance and cost. And they grow larger by the year so costs to maintain increase each year.

Picture bucket trucks eventually.

And, Watch out for falling pods!

Queen Palm
 

I have a friend who had Sunscape out of TAmpa bought & removed her tree & was paid a good sum of money. They also replace tree with another if you want. They need older trees for new land developments.

Note to self, NEVER plant palm trees, bugs love them and please notice the only mess you see in the Villages beautiful landscaped grounds are palm crap, seriously.