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Robellini palm
I want to get a robelinni palm and have it planted. Can anyone suggest a good source? Thanks!
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Remember robilini are tropical and not cold hardy.....requiring covering for frost and subject to significant damage when temps go below freezing for any prolonged length of time.
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Villages Palms, located on CR 466 near Rolling Acres, have a nice selection of Roebellinii's....from 7 gallon to 15 gallon, and several even larger. And they will come out and plant the larger ones in The Villages.
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yep, and they can sell U a Queen as well.
26-28 degrees is the low limit. We are in zone 9a not 9 Search google palm name & the word temperature |
Robellini
And these plants can be poisonous to some people. I have heard of some
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We had...I stress had...a Robellini. We planted it in a large pot on the lanai. It looked pretty for the almost year we had it...very sensitive...it got the 'scale' thing and we were advised to get it out of the birdcage and destroy it. It was a lot of work.
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Its a shame, such a beautiful plant and it has so many problems. I had 2 beautiful ones planted on the sunniest side of my lanai but they didn't survive the bad frost we had a few years ago. It just lasted way too long for them to survive even being covered. I hated to remove them but had no choice.
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You do better to wrap anything temp sensitive with the old fashion white Christmas tree lights overnight.
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A staked spotlight with a 150 watt red heat lamp aimed up toward the crown will also work well. That's what I use on my Pindo palms up here in Birmingham whenever we have a low below 15F forecasted, and they've never shown any damage.
When we eventually move to TV, I'll definitely have Roebellenis in my backyard jungle. The beauty they add will far exceed the extra work they may require to protect from cold. |
I appreciate your comments and candor. Almost every villa in our neighborhood has a beautiful Robellini and I've never seen one covered. I have seen a couple that looked like they may have had a little frost damage but they recovered in the spring. With my black thumb I may be the first to be sorry I planted one! Thanks again!
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