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Um, you aren't a mod, so who are you to say who can enter threads? especially someone who just signed up a few weeks ago. I've been on the boards way longer than you have, buddy.
Because I spent 1/4 of my year in Florida. It's not like I don't have anything to contribute.
You should know that almost every palm you can grow in south Florida. There's a big difference between zone 10, and, say, zone 7 or 8. The coconut trees also grow more inland in south Florida than they do up north. I thought it was common sense...
List of Palms that don't grow in South Florida:
Crystostachys
Pigafetta
Pegladoxa
and it goes on and on and on....
For the record I never said Palms couldn't grow in inland South Florida or Tampa, I just pointed out that Sabal palmettos are very hardy and native much further north.
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My point is that there's a much higher density of palm trees in south Florida. That's common sense...And more palm trees grow there naturally than further north.
The whole USDA zone classification is a mess. They don't take into account the urban heat island effect, large bodies of water, and air drainage. Looking at a map isn't gonna tell you much since its only based on twelve years of data, looking at actual temperatures over a long period of time will.
For example, some parts of San Diego and Los Angeles are in Zone 11, while Ft.Myers is in Zone 10a, but coconuts(Cocos nucifera) can't survive in California's Zone 11, but they are plentiful in Florida Zone 10a. This is because California is just on average way to cool, Ft.Myer's winter lows might be lower, but the AVERAGE is much higher.
My point is that there's a much higher density of palm trees in south Florida. That's common sense...And more palm trees grow there naturally than further north.
You just said that those Palms were "planted", now your saying they're native but just more plentiful in the south?
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