Here's one in Land O' Lakes Streetview. It must of been there for a while now.

Well enjoy them while you can.They won't last if the big one comes.

Here are more up to date pictures of mine:

Malay Dwarf:

Jamaican Tall:

Looks good! Why so close to the house? I assume additional heat and radiation? How often do you fertilize?

You are correct! Close to the house for additional heat, and also easier to cover for now. I have a hook in the wall near the malay dwarf that allows me to tie for extra support, and spouting overhead that allows me some flexibility to cover the entire area should I need major protection at some point.

How often do I fertilize? When the plants were planted, I took some ashes from my burning pile, filled the bottom 6 inches of the planting hole, put the palm in, and filled the rest with native soil. After that, they've been on their own as far as nutrients. Note the spouting next to the Malay Dwarf. So it does get some extra water. As far as putting extra fertilizer from a store though, it hasn't happened.

Good luck but you might need some protection in Orlando. I've never seen healthy coconut palms anywhere north of the palm beach area. There are LOTS of coconut palm growers in the Homestead area, south of Miami.

Michael, not sure where you are located but there are large coconuts growing throughout cocoa beach. Many fruited this year. I don't think anybody in Inland Central FL is expecting long term but they have been known to make nice runs with consecutive warm winters. Around Orlando, you can get 3-5 yr old trees for $20. For that price and potential several years of enjoyment, I personally don't mind the small investment. I've always enjoyed pushing boundaries and think it's great when others are open minded and do the same.

Kinzyjr...those look great especially that Malasian Dwarf. What a nice looking Palm. Is yours holding up so far this winter? That frost Monday AM caught me by surprise. My coconut looks fine. I just have a few tips with burn probably from the recent cold spell. More may emerge but it's just fine so far.

Here are some of the coconuts around cocoa beach, fl

Peejer150, when were those pics taken?Winter?

I believe this was early June 2015. I've followed these guys for several years.

@peejer150,

Thank you for your kind words! Mine are holding up well, but I'm probably what you would consider a helicopter parent as far as they go. If the forecast is calling for anything below 45, I'm headed out to cover them.

I missed one night back a few years, and the Malay Dwarf took a 37F night. I had the same experience that you had with the burned leaf tips. By June, it looked like nothing had happened.

The Jamaican Tall is supposed to be hardier by 3-5 degrees, but it was only recently planted (Oct. 2015), so I baby it as well.

We only had spotty frost where I stay, but just south of here in Bartow, there was frost everywhere. My property has a lot of overhead canopy, with a few spots that never had frost.

Loved the pictures above of the coconuts in Cocoa Beach! I have one that inspired me to plant mine in Vero Beach. It is very close to the walkway from the parking lot to the beach at South Beach Park and is surrounded by sea grapes. It showed next to no damage after the long cold spell in 2010.

I've seen healthy specimens as far north as Melbourne. I'm sure they die off when the 198x style freezes come, but they are cheap and grow fast with little care other than covering them during our cold spells.

Wows! Love those pic !!

I'm curious.....5 years later...... is the Malay Coconut tree still alive? I'm moving to Apopka soon and would totally plant one if I knew it would survive (even with covering)

@D Nazario Depending on where you end up in Apopka and how long it is until our next nasty freeze, you may have some luck. Mine is still here and @pj_orlando_z9b still has his. You can see some photos of his on this thread:

https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/59360-zone-10-palms-in-the-orlando-area-mega-thread/

Toward the end, Eric in Orlando posted some photos of coconuts in the Apopka area. There are a lot of photos of coconuts and other tropicals in the Orlando area here as well.