Njoasis, I may get the mule pal on ebay for 30 bucks. But in the case of a queen palm, if I used mulch burlap around the trunk with x-mas lights under it, would it be enough? I would also throw a garbage bag over the fronds if necesary. Is there anyway that maybe from the cold, it will stop growing at maybe 10 feet? The mule palm gets to 20 so out here it might stop at 10-15 feet. So thats easy to protect. I would protect it the same way as the queen palm except I wouldn't cover the fronds.

Chad: bismarcks, royals, spindles, foxtails, Christmas all do fine in metro Orlando. Even this year which was coldest since 1996, the neighboring rural areas dipped as low as 15f, Orlando recorded an official low of 30. Heat island does a lot here. I have several coconuts growing happily on my tree in my back yard. Granted Coconuts and bottle palms will need protection from frost here in inland Orlando, the species I mentioned above really grow worry free for those within the orlando heat island canopy here.

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That's something that has to be done year round. Queen palms (syagrus romanzoffiana) will flower and fruit throughout the year. If the palm that is dropping the seeds is actually a queen palm, you should be able to pick up the seed/fruit when it falls, thus preventing that they sprout in your garden bed. Queen palm fruit is rather large (the size of large grapes) and each fruit contains a large seed that resembles a mini-coconut. Raking them up and disposing of them should be an easy task. I do wonder if your neighbor has a Royal palm (roystonea), phoenix canariensis or washingtonia robusta. These have rather small seeds that can get easily lost in mulched garden beds and all three are rather prolific seeders. In any case, cutting off immature fruit or cutting off the inflorescence is the only way to stop them from producing viable seed. With any of these, it would take constant, year round monitoring.