[Annie01]

what happen to the villages alms amoung the common roads??? all the gray stuff hanging from them....yet they want US to keep OUR palms looking GREAT!! gone all over florida during the last 4 months.../NO ONE anywhere has this grey crap handing from them...florida is known for their lovely palm trees...except the villages...the visitors are in shock...what do they remember??? the ugly half dead palm trees..what a shame.....just last week i saw a huge truck with 4 of the dead trees..the grey is killing the good part of the palm trees..just rotting them out..and they look terrible....nice flowers usually..but terrible looking palms.....i wonder what would happen if WE the home owners also did that to OUR trees??? i am sure someone would ride up and scream at us.....beautiful village not so beautiful after all !!!

[Bogie Shooter]

Calm down...........................
They are supposed to look that way.
Here are a couple of other threads on the "beards".
Palm Tree leaves

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

[Barefoot]

The Villages is a beautiful city. I think the term "ugly palm tree" is an oxymoran.

[billethkid]

Yes that is the way they are supposed to be left.....low to no maintenance species of palm.

Perfect for common areas and public plantings.

No maintainence required!

[Boomer]

I just try to think of those palm trees as wearing hula skirts. It helps.

Wine-Glass-Half-Full Boomer

[goodtimesintv]

It was 4 degrees above zero in my hometown up north this morning.

There, NOTHING is green and won't be till end of May, and then it will rain and be dark/drizzling for weeks without end.

That's all we need to know.

[spring_chicken]

The day I wake up living in paradise and find that all i can do is gripe about palm trees and the wrong color of flowers someone please just put me out of my misery.

[cquick]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Calm down...........................
They are supposed to look that way.
Here are a couple of other threads on the "beards".
Palm Tree leaves

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

I agree...that is the natural way....esp. for Sabal Palms

[justjim]

Up and down my village there are many beautiful Sylvester palms. Many of us who lived in the Northern States most of our life, appreciate palm trees "bearded" or otherwise.

[Shimpy]

Most who live up north and have never been here think of the coconut palms that they see in post cards. You would have to go to S. Florida to see those. The "ugly" trees you see are as nature intended and you would see in the wild where there is nobody to trim them. I don't like them either.

[Madelaine Amee]

Originally Posted by Annie01

what happen to the villages alms amoung the common roads??? all the gray stuff hanging from them....yet they want US to keep OUR palms looking GREAT!! gone all over florida during the last 4 months.../NO ONE anywhere has this grey crap handing from them...florida is known for their lovely palm trees...except the villages...the visitors are in shock...what do they remember??? the ugly half dead palm trees..what a shame.....just last week i saw a huge truck with 4 of the dead trees..the grey is killing the good part of the palm trees..just rotting them out..and they look terrible....nice flowers usually..but terrible looking palms.....i wonder what would happen if WE the home owners also did that to OUR trees??? i am sure someone would ride up and scream at us.....beautiful village not so beautiful after all !!!

First the flowers, now the Palm Trees - what's next I wonder!