[wlou]

We are PTimers and a friend of ours is down in TV and said our two large Queen Palms look dead. She said when she was on the golf course speaking to another couple, a lady said all the palms died due to the severe cold...true? Will they come back or are they gone for good? We have not been able to get down since last Oct so we have not seen our beautiful ( used to be anyway!) Palms...any info/advice is appreciated!

[redwitch]

It really is a wait and see on each palm. Do have someone come trim them, but be sure they know what they're doing -- if there is even a hint of green on the frond, it should not be cut away until it has turned totally brown. Once trimmed, if new growth starts, the palm hasn't died and will come back. Who knows, you might even have a beautiful palm by October again.

[rwcw]

Roystonia regia, the Florida Royal palm should only be planted in hardiness zones 10a-11 with an average low of 30 degrees to 35 degrees. The Villages is in hardiness zone 9a with an average low range of 20 degrees to 25 degrees. It is my opinion that the plant nurseries and landscapers should not be selling this plant for planting in the Villages. There are lots of other, more hardy palms available for this zone. The Pindo palm, Butia capitata is an example of a lovely palm that will tolerate the weather in the Villages.

[OpusX1]

We have 2 queen palms. All the fronds were brown mid-feb. There is new growth now, and I have started to trim the bottom fronds. Same with our robelini, I think that most of the queens will make it and the majority of the robelini's will be back too.

[chuckster]

Our queen palms and washingtonian's are doing fine with lots of green..........and as red said trimming selectively helped.

[JohnN]

I've opted for the cold hardy palms, I got tired of having a half dead robellini for most of the year.

European Fan Palms, Windmill Palms, Pindo, to name a few, make it fine