Foxtail Palms are not messy palms, but any palm you plant next to the driveway is going to drop something that you'll have to clean up. You can cut the bloom spike down long before it forms seeds, so that's not a worry.

Thanks a lot Susie. I just bought my house at the end of last year, and I am trying to get some landscaping done there. The people before me didn't have the same tastes as I do, and they really let the grass go. My major issue is the grass/weeds, so I will probably be posting some questions on what to do about that shortly. I do like tropicals, especially palms and anything that has nice color to it. What kind do you have? Thanks again!

Nope, many times internet facts can be misleading. I grow queens and grew a foxtail at one point. Queens will get slight frost damage at about 27F but can survive to about 20F or a bit less with considerable damage. It can take over a year for them to recover and have a full crown. I know this from experience. Because of this long recovery time period, an annual hard freeze (below 20F) would spell out death for a queen palm. Like David said, Foxtails will not tolerate frost at all. They are definately a strictly tropical palm. I lost mine to fungus after they experienced low 30s. Keep it as a potted plant on your porch or patio and bring it indoors in the winter. or you can use it as an annual if you'd like. Believe me, they do not survive in zone 9b, just like David said.

Hey Oliver, my palm was actually fine just normal growth on it. It’s been in the ground for 2 years at this point. Unfortunately this past January/February we got a pretty good cold snap and it “burned” all of the foliage. We sprayed it with copper fungicide treatments for a month and a half and now just waiting to see what happens with fertilization and proper watering. It’s a double foxtail. The bigger one has new growth already starting with the dead ones falling off. The smaller one still looks good on the actual crown shaft but no new growth yet so hoping in a few weeks it will start to pop. It’s a vacation home for us in zone 9b Florida so I’m not there all the time so just doing the best we can. I’ll attach 2 pictures to show you what it looked like before the freeze all nice and green then a month later all the foliage was burned. So sad but I’m hoping it comes back🙏🏼 time will tell