Florida Royal Palm and Cuban Royal Palm - How Cold Hardy?

[RedRabbit]

10 minutes ago, TampaPalms said:

We have a very small home in the Tampa area. We need to expand and the cheapest option was to go north or south of Tampa to build and Pasco is a lot closer to our jobs and more reasonably priced. Tampa has become extremely expensive with the last year with homes and a decent neighborhood around 2,000 ft² starting over $300,000.  I will miss all my arachia palms and my newly planted foxtail palm :-(

Trust me, I get it. I live in Westchase for practical reasons rather than for palms or because it’s my favorite spot around. 

I’ve heard Wesley Chapel is a pretty good spot to live actually. Good neighborhoods, good schools, etc. It’s still warm enough for you to get away with a decent number of palms too... Just watch out for sinkholes as I understand they’re more common in Pasco. 

[Rain52]

On 8/13/2020 at 5:56 PM, TampaPalms said:

Wow. Are those near the river? I noticed temperatures and areas like St Augustine and Jacksonville are sometimes warmer in the winter than in interior West Central Florida like Pasco and Hernando County. 

There r a lot of micro climates in duval county, the  St. John’s river is a very large body of water that snakes thru central Jax, plus u have a lot of marsh north of the area.  The jax beaches are always a good 5 degrees warmer than the airport .. winter lows ( official reporting).  airport  is north of the St. John’s.     Jax beach 30 year min 28 degrees.