ARC approval time ?
 

We want to get a couple of "Robellini Palms" planted in our yard. How long does ARC approval take ? Thanks in advance...
Will

Depends on your district and when you file. Usually 2 weeks. Ask at the office - they will have a better handle on it.

It depends on all the new villages that are selling homes. Usually 2-3 weeks, but can be 6weeks when a new village starts moving in. It was 8 weeks when we applied for the pool.

Just be aware that Robellini’s don’t handle a frost very well. Ours has almost been killed a couple times, but has slowly recovered.

Just sharing - wish I never planted Palm trees. They're high maintenance and messy.

The needles on the palm leaves will get you every time you work on them.

We always say that the palms are lovely on other people's properties.

OP, our ARC (CDD9) typically take 2 weeks, also, please contact Master Gardner with regard to the palms. There many varieties that are sold in the area that are NOT good for this area. If you like palms that are close to the ground (aka easy to trim) Canary palms are really nice, we have 2 well over 8 years old and I can trim these on my knees. We also have 2 Selvester palms that are now so tall that a manlift in needed to trim, I am now letting nature trim these, and I just pick up the fonds after they fall. IMHO, do NOT rely on the landscapers recommendations, talk to master Gardener and get the correct info.

About 2 weeks once you supply them with all the required forms.

If you plant Robellini's, plan to double cover them during every frost/freeze events, OR they will turn and stay brown until April, when you cut them all the way back and HOPE they come back, after 2 -3 times.
We, sadly and mistakedly wasted a lot of money on robellinis. There were better choices we should have made on plant material. They do great in South Fl

Why would need ARC approval to put in a couple of plants? Just plant them. No one cares.

I agree no arc needed to plant palms.

Actually it is very important WHERE you plant them. ARC or the rumored little old ladies with the clip boards with make it an issue if too close to the property line or street. Especially if walls are added around them

Good post. We wish that we had never planted a Sylvester. It is the heavy, messy seed pods that we dislike the most. Wish we had never listened to the landscaper.

Too many folks plant trees too close to their house & birdcage.

But don’t Canary palm grow really tall?

Master gardener
 

Is the “master gardener “ on this site or just someone in a plant nursery?

Why do you need any rules? Oh, it's part of civility. Besides you could easily bust a utility line ,now that would be fun and $$$.

Palm tree
 

[QUOTE=Altavia;2376472]Just sharing - wish I never planted Palm trees. They're high maintenance and messy.

I agree with Altavia, I had always wanted a palm tree, now I have a few at my new home.
So messy and quite dangerous if you happen to be under one when a massive frond falls.
Same goes for my huge magnolia, beautiful but oh those huge seed pods that inundated me after Helene. I picked up 700 hundred, yes I counted and had to bag and drag them to the curb. One of them jammed my lawnmower blades. Not looking forward to all the leaves that will start to fall any day now.

Lanie

Plant what you like, too many old people on this site that shoot down anything. Get ARC approval and enjoy your palms. These frost comments are way overblown.

Master gardener is a program out of one of the local Universities, as I recall they have an onsite meeting in the Pinellas Plaza government building (copper top).

I believe this is the link to the program:
Florida Master Gardener Program - Solutions for Your Life - University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences - UF/IFAS

Also, I think they advertise in the Daily Sun when the programs are held locally.

Arc
 

first thing you need to do is to draw on paper where the robellini's will go and hi light your property lines............

then go to the community building in brownwood and fill out an application there and submit it with your drawing

I think they meet on Wednesdays.........if you submit on Monday you may get on the docket for wednesday, short time, Tuesday may get you back further..........or a thursday or Friday for the following Wednesday

Make it a point to go to the meeting, if they have any questions and your not there, you get passed over till the questions are answered

If the tree drawing doesn't disturb property lines or easements it will probably pass ON THAT DAY.........

It can take a lot less than 2 weeks if you are prepared. Robellini nice choice, hard to kill.

You need to show up for the meeting first thing and you can join in the pledge of allegiance .......they do take care the ones earlier for people who show up....good troops there

Ohiobuckeye
 

You said exactly what I was thinking, messy & have to have someone keep it trimmed. But if that’s what you want go for it!

To my knowledge you don’t need approval for this. Landscapers plant these everywhere.

They need to be approved. Anything outside does. It is in the terms and conditions when you buy the house

Yes you do. Any changes outside need ARC approval. It is a very easy process.

I just looked this up for myself….submit ARC application by 5p on Monday and your application will be reviewed at the ARC meeting the following week. So almost 2 weeks if approved the first time.

Unfortunately, both of you are wrong...

You can do what you want until someone complains. If you are confident ARC will approve your request, carry on.

Wrong plant to have here. Check the survival rate for this zone. A good landscaper would not advise this one. IF we get a Freeze it nay not survive

“little old ladies with a clip board” Most of us have heard this rumor. Has anyone seen them? OP is trying to do the right thing which is admirable IMHO. If you ride around TV you can see many things that are not in compliance with deed restrictions and unless it’s something outrageous nobody really cares. However, most of us think it’s good to have the deed restrictions in place for the sake of our property values.

Never actually saw them, but our neighborhood was hit with 35 complaints in one day, all by phone, for very minor "infractions".

Sumter County Master Gardeners do not recommend Roebeleniis; they require warmer winters than we have here. We had a roebelenii that died in the deep freeze we had in early 2018.
Assuming you want a shorter palm (roebeleniis top out about 12 feet), the master gardeners recommend pindos and European fans (both 15 ft), and Lady palms (best in shade) and dwarf palmettos (both 8 ft). We now have a pindo in place of the roebelenii, and it’s gorgeous.
You can talk to a master gardener at their plant clinics. Clinics include Sumter County Service Center, 7375 Powell Road, Fridays 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and Lowe’s on 466a on the 2nd Tuesdays and 4th Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (I am not a master gardener but have a couple of their publications and have attended their programs.)