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Nope. I've proven with streetview that coconuts do indeed grow in Central Florida, and now you are trying to save face, and move the goal post.
My bad, should have been specific that I was referring to nice, healthy looking coconut palms and not the sickly looking one's you posted. Was also thinking of inland central Florida, which they clearly do not grow in.
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Who are experts on palm growth.
No they're not actually. An "expert" would be someone like an arborists or someone who studied horticulture, not Joe Sixpack who likes to plant coconut palms around his McMansion. There is also a lot of varying opinions on that blog for how far and where they can reliably grow.
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Is the washingtonia beautiful to you?
Depends on the age and/or how well maintained it is. I don't get why you're bothered that I think Sabals are ugly. I know you think you can try to prove me wrong about this but it's a simple personal preference. Get over it.
My bad, should have been specific that I was referring to nice, healthy looking coconut palms and not the sickly looking one's you posted. Was also thinking of inland central Florida, which they clearly do not grow in.
Be sure you know your coconuts. You can have the tall coconuts, 'Jamaica Talls,' or the much shorter 'Malayan Dwarf.' So, being short won't necessarily indicate bad health.
There are coconuts inland in Central FL, just not prominent as on the shoreline.
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No they're not actually. An "expert" would be someone like an arborists or someone who studied horticulture, not Joe Sixpack who likes to plant coconut palms around his McMansion. There is also a lot of varying opinions on that blog for how far and where they can reliably grow.
Actually, many of those posters were IPS, or International Palm Society, members, a group that involves specialist horticulture dedicated to palm trees.
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Depends on the age and/or how well maintained it is. I don't get why you're bothered that I think Sabals are ugly. I know you think you can try to prove me wrong about this but it's a simple personal preference. Get over it.
Are you sure it's just a personal preference? Or is it your bias? To find out, I asked a simple yes or no question: do you find washingtonias attractive?
Sabal's are my least favorite Palm trees. Agreed. My faves are probably dates and washingtonias, in which Cali has plenty. But they also grow easily in Florida, and Florida has the added advantage of Coconut Palms. I'd choose SoCal Palms over Central and North Florida palms, but I'd choose SoFla palms over all of CA.
Sabal's are my least favorite Palm trees. Agreed. My faves are probably dates and washingtonias, in which Cali has plenty. But they also grow easily in Florida, and Florida has the added advantage of Coconut Palms. I'd choose SoCal Palms over Central and North Florida palms, but I'd choose SoFla palms over all of CA.
Central Florida has the edge of California when it comes to palm diversity; unlike CA, Central Florida has areas that can grow coconuts. So Central Florida should be over SoCal.
Yes they do. Have you not been to Vero Beach, Tampa Bay, etc?
Well, like I said, they don't look much different than livistona palms, and they certainly don't have issues with dead skirts like the Washingotnias do.
Really you don't see Coconut Palms on the Florida coasts until you get to Vero Beach on the east and south St. Pete on the west. You don't see any great number of them until you get to Martin County on the east and Sarasota County on the west.
Be sure you know your coconuts. You can have the tall coconuts, 'Jamaica Talls,' or the much shorter 'Malayan Dwarf.' So, being short won't necessarily indicate bad health.
There are coconuts inland in Central FL, just not prominent as on the shoreline.
Yeah its the scrubby look of them that does.
Where? Where in Orlando are there abundant coconut palms.
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Actually, many of those posters were IPS, or International Palm Society, members, a group that involves specialist horticulture dedicated to palm trees.
Which one's?
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Are you sure it's just a personal preference? Or is it your bias? To find out, I asked a simple yes or no question: do you find washingtonias attractive?
Yes I'm sure. What bias would I have? I already said South Florida has better variety plus it's more lush and tropical. Ironic though you bring up bias though considering how defensive you are about the Southeast, Yn0hTnA.
I find the older, taller one's attractive. Either way they look different than Sabal palms so even if I had a bias your question sure wouldn't indicate it.
When I lived in Ft. Lauderdale, conventional wisdom put Martin County in southeast FL, Sarasota County in southwest.
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