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Our Parks and Recreation department knocks it out of the park with their landscape choices for the baseball stadium:

Teddy Bear Palms (formerly Dypsis leptocheilos)

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Chambeyronia macrocarpa in fruit

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Roystonea regia anchors the garden near the training facility with a Hyophorbe lagenicaulis, Ravenea rivularis, Coccothrinax crinita, and Hyophorbe verschaffeltii

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One of many Bismarckia nobilis.  A few have been hit by weevils.

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Archontophoenix cunninghamiana trimmed a bit to aggressively in most cases

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Additional Hyophorbes in the concession area

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Traveler's Palm (Ravenala madagascariensis) - while in a mild microclimate, the wind off the lake shreds the leaves.  They do set seed, though.

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A Copernicia... perhaps Copernicia baileyana

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Beccariophoenix alfredii - The second one is trimmed a bit too aggressively

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Mules - Butiagrus nabonnandii - there are a lot of these put in place where CIDP used to dominate the landscape

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Livistona - probably the most reliable replacement for Lethal Bronzing cold hardy palms

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Phoenix reclinata

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Phoenix canariensis

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Adeniums growing and flowering in the ground

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Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone (2012): 9b | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (1985, 1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a | 30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

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