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

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.

Letting the water drip is more effective because it gives the roots a chance to get as much water as possible. I dont think the difference would be too noticeable, but it does probably help save on water -Alex

I think the look is very unnatural on the beach, but it looks great on the land! I would plant less palms on the beach, and more on the land surrounding the beach (well of course if it was actually me, I would be planting more subtropical trees (like crapes, southern mags, live oaks, long leaf pines, and various yuccas) and hardy palms (like needles sabals and trachycarpus) with a few palms that need protection (like butias, European fan palms, ect..)). But its a nice look! I feel bad for the death of all those palms, but to be honest, its a nice sight to see, and Im sure thousands of people will see these palms and will be loving them before winter sets in again! Thanks for sharing! They all look like they are loving our summers! -Alex