There are queen palms on the Historic side, that were here through the freezes in the 80s that wiped out our citrus industry. I was here back then, and most of the queen palms (over 90%) turned brown, yet recovered and were beautiful and healthy within a year. This was TWO.. 100 year cycle freezes within a 3 year period, and it didn't wipe out our queen palms. It did kill them in Ocala, (south of Gainesville, yet NOT in zone 9a), where it is too cold for queen palms.
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