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   Preserving Palm trees for decorative purposes    

Hardy Palm Trees

Office and Farm: 2102 N. Shannon Ave  Plant City, Florida, USA 33565

     email: Mark Jordan       

For orders over $500. email for wire transfer instructions  

• CREATE A TROPICAL PARADISE - INDOORS.

• NEVER NEEDS SUNLIGHT, WATER OR FERTILIZER.

• FIRE RETARDANT TREATMENT FOR COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS.

• CUSTOM DESIGNS AVAILABLE - STOCK SIZES FOR QUICK SHIPMENT.

• FROM 2 ft. to 28 ft.  SINGLE TRUNK OR MULTIPLE TRUNK CLUSTER

Our love affair with palms began years ago as the founder of  Forever Palms planted his first palm seeds. The little seedlings grew and grew, day by day, year by year, as they were tenderly nurtured and cared for. Today in the Florida nurseries and tree farms of our sister company, Hardy Palm Trees there are over 250,000 live palm trees growing.

What is it that make palms so popular, all around the world? We call it the “Tropical Paradise Effect”. With their stately elegance, and bold green look, palms are the primary symbol of exotic tropical islands, beaches, and dream vacations.

For years we have helped families and business landscape their own Tropical Paradise.

Preserved Palm Fronds

Washingtonia   24"-30"

Washingtonia   30"-36"

Washingtonia   36"-42"

Washingtonia   42"-48"

 $67.30

Preserved Palm Fronds

Canary Fronds  2'

Canary Fronds 3'

Canary Fronds 4'

Canary Fronds 5'

Canary Fronds 6'

Preserved Washingtonia Palm Bush

4' high with 8 fronds

5' high with 9 fronds

6' high with 10 fronds

Preserved Canary Palm Bush

2' high with 14 fronds

4' high with 15 fronds

6' high with 16 fronds

Preserved Washingtonian Palm Tree

8'   high with  12 fronds

10' high with  14 fronds

12' high with  16 fronds

$2,299.00 ea

$2,449.00 ea

$2,725.00 ea

Preserved Canary Palm Tree

8'   high with 21 fronds

10' high with 21 fronds

12' high with 21 fronds

14' high with 21 fronds

16' high with 24 fronds

18' high with 24 fronds

$1,699.00 ea

$1,995.00 ea

$2,295.00 ea

$2,495.00 ea

$2,995.00 ea

$3,295.00 ea

Commercial Preserved Palm Specifications

Weights and Measures for Standard Configurations of Commercial Phoenix and
Washingtonia Palm Trees

                                                            
7 - 10 foot trunks /11 - 15 foot overall height tree
Base Plate: 18 x 18" x 1/2" square with 18" tall receiver, 551bs.
Trunk weight*: 12" base diameter, 9.51bs per foot
Fan Palms: 10 - 25 fronds, 36" - 42" wide, 291bs.
Phoenix Palms: 25 - 39 fronds, 50" - 60" long, 30 Ibs.
 

11 - 15 foot trunks /15 - 20 foot overall height tree
Base Plate: 18 x 18" x 1/2" square with 24" tall receiver, 651bs. Trunk weight*: 16" base diameter, 9.51bs per foot
Fan Palms: 15 - 25 fronds, 42" - 48" wide, 321bs.
Phoenix Palms: 25 - 39 fronds, 60" - 70" long, 35 Ibs.
 

16 - 19 foot trunks / 20 - 25 foot overall height tree
Base Plate: 24 x 24" x 1/2" square with 36" tall receiver, 120 Ibs. Trunk weight*: 18 - 20" base diameter, 8.5 Ibs per foot
Fan Palms: 15 - 29 fronds, 48" - 52" wide, 40 Ibs.
Phoenix Palms: 25 - 39 fronds, 70" - 80" long, 40 Ibs.

20 - 24 foot trunks / 25 - 30 foot overall height tree
Base Plate: 24 x 24" x 1/2" square with 48" tall receiver, 1351bs. Trunk weight*: 22 - 24" base diameter, 9.5 Ibs per foot
Fan Palms: 20 - 29 fronds, 52" - 55" wide, 45 Ibs.
Phoenix Palms: 30 - 39 fronds, 80" - 90" long, 45 Ibs.

Table Top and Miniature Forever Palms

Our beautiful table top palms start from 10" and go to 3 ft.  Fan palms 3-5 fronds and Phoenix palms 5-10 fronds.  Usually around 1 lb. in weight, between  1-3 ft approximately 3 -5 lbs.

Note: Preserved Palm Trees over 10 feet are not recommended for areas exposed to high winds. Typical Commercial installations include interior areas with high UV exposure, extremes in humidity and / or reduced maintenance needs in commercial spaces. All Commercial Forever Palms are treated with a permanent fire retardant chemical process.
 

Base Plates for Trunks 7 - 15 feet in height have 5 3/4" 0.0. Sch. 10 Steel Receiver. Base Plates for Trunks 16 - 24 feet in height have 53/4" 0.0. Sch. 40 Steel Receiver
 

Trunks for extra tall, extreme curved and all outdoor applications typically constructed using using 6" - 8" LD. Sch. 10 or 40 Steel
*AII weights approximate - our intention is to provide general weight estimates for structural planning and shipping estimates
 

CUSTOM ORDERS - Customized curves, canopy styles and specific frond counts / sizes are also available as a custom order. If you have additional or more specific questions, please feel free to email us at markjordn@aol.com or call us at 813-787-6023

How do we do it?
The Making of a Forever Preserved Palm.

The long process begins with the selection of the finest fronds and bark from the thousands of live trees at the tree farms of Hardy Palm Trees, our sister company. This plant material is carefully harvested by hand in the early morning hours to assure the best look of freshness. Once harvested, the plant material immediately begins the preservation process.

Every natural leaf, every bit of bark, every palm frond is inspected, cleaned, individually preserved using our patent pending, proprietary series of solutions that both preserve and enhance color fastness. If the plant material is to be used in our commercial line, it goes through a multi-step permanent fire retardant process.

Preserved plant material is then assembled onto a trunk made of steel, foam and structural plastic. The bark is banded to the trunk recreating the natural growth patterns. Next the palm fronds are selected based of the size of the desired tree and the configuration of the crown to the individual palm tree. Every Forever Palm is unique, a natural creation, and a work of art.

Each tree is carefully individually packed for shipment. Upon arrival at it’s installation location, the Forever Palm is “planted” (installed) following easy to follow instructions.

How to Order the Perfect Palm

Start with the space you want to enhance. Imagine your own Tropical Resort, the relaxed feel, the music, every intricate detail.
Now think about the options available for your palm tree's. How high should the y be? Should they be individually “planted” or as a cluster? Should they gracefully curve over a koi pond, or boldly frame the entry into the next room? Just let us know your vision and we can build your perfect palm.

Our natural bark trunk interior preserved Phoenix and Washingtonia Palms are among the most beautiful and highest quality construction available. Each trunk is made to order and constructed with a structural pipe core in the trunk and the frond head. Trunks are covered with natural bark, then banded for superb styling and lasting beauty. Trunks and heads are guaranteed for 4 years. Each comes with a steel base plate for support. This steel base plate has a receiver pipe in which the trunk slips over. Base plates also have holes for anchoring plate to cement pad either in a planter or directly into ground/floor.

Do I need fire retardant?

Fire Retardant is a requirement, by law, for most commercial spaces. Residential customers are not required to have fire retardant artificial or preserved plants and trees...but it is a comfort to know what you have in your home is safe so fire retardant artificial plants are an available option. Of course the cost is greater...but if safety is a high value for you and yours...the cost is low.
Forever Palms uses the best available fire retardant processes, like those used for products like children's pajamas. Our fire retardant quality lasts the life of the product because the fire retardant chemicals are impregnated internally into the tissues of the plant material. With internally fire retarded products the preservative and the fire retardant chemicals in the foliage will not wash out, evaporate out or otherwise disappear.
An alternative to inherent or internal fire retarding, is a post production topical application of fire retardant chemicals. This alternative is frequently employed since the availability of inherently and internally fire retarded products is limited in terms of variety and the initial cost is higher...considerably. However, the long term costs are higher - much higher - since the topical solution must be reapplied often, and the constant reapplication accelerates the deterioration of the original plant material - artificial or preserved. The cycle of deterioration goes something like this. The chemical is applied to the materials either by spraying it on once arranged or by dipping each plant prior to arranging (initial application only). Regardless of method used to apply the chemical, some materials will absorb the chemicals and others will not leaving a tacky film on the surface that collects dust, dirt and other undesirable organisms to build up on the surface of the once beautiful plant. Now the plants must be cleaned. Once cleaned, the chemical must be reapplied in order to meet ordinances of the fire marshal. Hence the cycle continues.
Some commercial establishments I am familiar with spend thousands each month for the chemical alone (never mind the cost of the labor to re-apply the chemical). It is a rather ridiculous and costly venture / cycle. At the risk of loosing my non-bias position in this writing, in some cases we have solved the "topical nightmare" by providing a permanent post production application. This however, is not an easy problem to solve, and hence we are continuing our development of this permanent application to include a greater variety of artificial and preserved plant species. In the near future, look for our updates on available post production, permanently fire retarded artificial plant materials.