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Sylvester Palm — Delivered & Installed Price
The diamond-cut trunk palm you see at every upscale entrance in SW Florida — priced delivered and planted, not just dropped in your driveway.
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A Sylvester palm is not a plant you throw in the back of a pickup. A field-grown specimen with a cleaned, diamond-cut trunk weighs well over a thousand pounds, and getting it off the truck, into a properly sized hole, plumb, staked, and watered-in is most of what you are actually paying for. That is why we quote Sylvesters as a delivered-and-installed price — the number below is what the palm costs standing in your yard.
Sylvesters earn their price in Cape Coral yards. They are one of the most drought-tolerant palms we sell, handle our sandy soil without complaint, take full sun from day one, and ride out storms far better than a queen palm ever will. Growth is slow — about a foot of trunk a year — which is exactly why buying one already at height beats waiting a decade.
Sylvester Palm Installed Prices by Size
Every price below is the full delivered-and-installed number — plant, delivery, planting labor, staking, watering-in, and cleanup. Delivered prices are the plant delivered to your driveway, delivery fee by zone, you plant.
| Size | Delivered | Delivered & Installed |
|---|---|---|
| 6' | Call for Quote | Call for Quote |
Delivery & install orders carry a $500 plant minimum (smaller orders are priced to clear it or bundled into a larger planting), and install labor has a $500 job minimum. Volume discounts start at 50 of a plant (10% off) and 100+ (15% off); landscape contractors get trade pricing.
All prices on this site are estimates and may not be exact. Nursery stock and pricing move with season, plant size, availability and delivery area, and small orders carry a minimum. Submit a quote request and we confirm availability and your exact price in writing, usually the same day.
What the Installed Price Includes
Delivery to your property
Our truck, our crew — anywhere in the 16-city service area below.
Professional planting
Properly sized hole, backfill, and placement set plumb — not leaning by August.
Staking where needed
Field-grown and top-heavy palms get braced until the roots take.
Initial watering-in
Watered in on install day, with a simple first-90-days watering plan.
Cleanup & haul-off
Pots, debris, and spoil leave with us.
30-day warranty on planted material
Florida Grade #1 stock, warranted for 30 days after planting when the irrigation is working.
Which Size Should You Buy?
Most residential installs use a specimen in the 6-foot clear-trunk range — big enough to anchor a front entry or circular driveway on day one. Larger field specimens are available seasonally; access matters more than budget on those, so we confirm gate width and overhead lines before quoting anything bigger.
Sylvester Palm Pricing & Planting FAQ
Why is a Sylvester palm more expensive to install than other palms?+
Weight and equipment. A field-grown Sylvester with a diamond-cut trunk runs 1,000+ pounds, so installation takes a skid steer or mini crane, a two- to three-man crew, and proper staking. The installed price covers delivery, equipment, planting, staking, initial watering, and cleanup.
How fast does a Sylvester palm grow?+
Slowly — roughly a foot of trunk per year in SW Florida. That is why buying an established specimen is the norm: you are paying for a decade of growth up front.
Do Sylvester palms handle Cape Coral salt and sandy soil?+
Yes on soil, mostly on salt. Sylvesters thrive in fast-draining sandy soil and are highly drought-tolerant once established. Salt tolerance is moderate — fine on canal lots, but for direct Gulf-front spray we usually steer you to sabal or coconut palms instead.
What maintenance does the diamond-cut trunk need?+
The diamond cut is a one-time grooming of the leaf bases, not a recurring cost. Going forward you only trim dead fronds once or twice a year and keep it on a palm fertilizer schedule. We never recommend over-pruning — it weakens the palm in storms.
Where We Deliver & Install Sylvester Palms
We install throughout the one-hour radius around our Cape Coral nursery — all 16 cities below.
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