The toxic plant list helps me pick plants for outside, cuz the bunnies cant/wont/betternotiftheynotwhatsgoodforthem eat it. :) D

I have to trade Pigmy Date Palm - phoenix robellini

Welcome to AZ and to the forum. We sure hope you post often. It sounds like you've gotten the information you need from mangled--great information as usual. Despite swearing I'd never buy queen palms since they don't LOVE it here the way so many other palms do, I did purchase some awhile back and they've done well. Mine at only about 9 feet tall and they get ten gallons of water twice a week, plus palm fertilizer in early spring, late spring, and then mid-summer. That *should* help keep the yellow fronds away but you never know. They are not the easiest palm to keep happy here (the way Mexican and California/Desert and date and pygmy palms are) but they sure are lovely when happy. I would never recommend them to friends who like super low maintenance plants, but I do a lot of things I wouldn't recommend. :) Good luck and keep us posted! Take care, Grant

It's interesting that in the wild Phoenix roebelenii is a clumping palm, however, as far as I know all the cutivated ones are single stemmed. The P. roebelenii were on my place when I moved in, otherwise, I wouldn't have put any in myself. I've also another Phoenix, I suspect sylvestris, but it's still small. Not my favourite genus. For palms "armed to the teeth" with spines though, have you seen Salacca zalacca? Now that is one mean bad guy!