What do you think about the palm trees around the villages?
 

how do you feel they are?
do you think they look fine, nice, awesome, poor, bad, need improvement ?
thnx for ur time

Still a wannabee but visited twice and I think palm trees are awesome.

They give me a tropical feeling and I feel they help me relax. JMO :)

I like them.

i like them because they are easy to grow and nice to look at. the part i dont like is they attract rats and cockroaches!

They do look nice, but not as nice as the large indigenous trees which provide a lot of shade

I read that most of the palms are native to southern Florida, so if we continue to have "harsh" winters then they could be in trouble

we need to be planting more native species so that the appearance of TV improves over time as they mature - unlike me :-)

miggster, first off I love all trees and enjoy the palms. How do you like the palms?

The winter of 2009/2010 was pretty harsh with some deep frost. The landscape companies around The Villages were quite busy cutting down palms and hauling them out. If you plant palms then make sure they are of the "cold hardy" varieties. Allan.

Very funny Duffy. :1rotfl:

Nice but
 

I would stay away from Queen palms. They are a lot of work and grow very tall.

I like them all...but the bearded palms always look like they could use a shave.

The lower branches are supposed to brown, thus the bearded look, but they always kind of look like they aren't doing well.

palms in the villages???
 

OK is it me or does anyone else think that the palms in tv need to be taken care of better?
driving down 441 i see many many palms that look as if they need trimming.
who could i contact to see if i can help out with taking care of these palms?
I am aware that the frost did alot of damage and you have to get rid of the old limbs so the new can come in.
thank you

You can contact Carrie Duckett at the CDD Customer Service Center. Her email is carrie.duckett@districtgov.org or phone at 352 751 3936. Carrie is the Customer Service supervisor, but anyone at the center should be able to assist you. Keep in mind that some of the landscaping needs are still the developers responsibility, and others are taken care of by golf course landscape crews. Carrie should be able to point you in the right direction.

I like them because when I don't see any I know I am too far North.:D

btk

Palm Trees
 

:agree:

One of our only issues here in Paradise is that the dead palm branches are not trimmed often enough for our tastes.

When there are no big issues, small ones fill our minds!!!!:thumbup:
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You are right,when queen palms are very close to the home, the roaches nest exactly where the branches meet the trunk,roaches then crawl up the branches,onto the roof,under the shingles, and eventually find there way into your home.
I had that problem,removed palm trees,roach problem gone, about 2 months later after roaches under shingles finally died.

This issue of the skirted palms has been discussed on here before. I think what you may find out is that it is a type of palm where the dead fronds are left on the tree and form a natural skirt. I think they look rather nice, or least different.
It really isn't necessary to trim dead fronds to have new ones come in.....the new ones come in at the top of the tree.

Too expensive.
 

When Erik Knudsen, head of landscaping for TV, gave a presentation on palms, he said that it is too expensive to cut the fronds off every palm. They just do the ones around the squares and I think the country clubs or rec centers. Also, as said above, certain ones are meant to have the skirts as they are called, I believe, "skirted ladies."

wanna bet they're queen palms?

TV by policy does not trim palm trees...too much maintenance!!

btk

I have had the pleasure of being inside the family compound a few times. They have a ton of beautiful trees, both old oaks and palms with a ton of shade. These trees have constant maintenance.
Just look out behind the polo fields and you can see beautiful trees. The oaks are cleaned of most of their moss and grow so big, round and beautiful with tons of branches. The palms around the homes are picture perfect like in a movie.
My point being I wish they would clean up the palms along the roads.

I love the beautiful palm trees. Some may have drawbacks like the Pindos with the fruit that falls all over the ground and attracts wasps and bees, the bearded ones that look disheveled, and Queens that attract palmetto bugs (a nicer way to say roaches). But every time I take a ride and see the palms I am thankful to be here in TV and not up north where it is cold, snowy, and icy in the winter.

What do you think about the palm trees around the villages?
 

Is your next post going to ask us how we feel about the beaches?

Miggster is looking for landscaping opportunities, probably too busy for the beach.