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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, FLUSDA Zone 2023: 10a  2012: 9b  1990: 9a | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962)

Very cool, some nice choices and most look well taken care of. 

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The palms and tropicals here are still growing well.  A few favorites:

Copernicia baileyana: This one has started adding trunk since the last photo was taken.

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Roystonea regia and friends

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Ravenala madagascariensis (Traveler's Palm)

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Lakeland, FLUSDA Zone 2023: 10a  2012: 9b  1990: 9a | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962)

The Copernicus are gorgeous. I think the basic L.chinensis is way underrated. 

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