Title: What to Do About Palm Freeze Damage (and How to Protect Palms) | Davey Blog
Headings: What to Do About Palm Freeze Damage (and How to Protect Palms)
What to Do About Palm Freeze Damage (and How to Protect Palms)
How to Help Freeze Damaged Palms and Protect Palms from Freezes
A cold freeze looks like it damaged my palm (areca, sabal, pindo, pygmy date, and coconut). What happened?
How can I tell if my cold damaged palm trees are alive?
How can I protect palm trees from freezes in the future?
Call in an arborist for help with your damaged palm tree.

Content: A cold freeze looks like it damaged my palm (areca, sabal, pindo, pygmy date, and coconut). What happened? A visit from Jack Frost will have palm trees switch from leafy green to rusty brown before your eyes. Why is that? Well, unlike hardwood trees that sprout new growth from multiple spots, palm trees only grow new leaves from one spot—the heart. The palm heart sits right in the center of the tree’s canopy, and if it’s hit with harsh cold, the damage trickles down to all the future palm leaves growing from it. Plus, if a palm is planted outside of its growing zone, it’ll be extra vulnerable to cold damage. For example, pygmy date palms are meant for planting zones 9-11, areas that get almost no frost. That means they wouldn’t do so well in Allison’s neck of the woods in Northern Florida. The same goes for areca and coconut palms—frost can be fatal for these quintessential tropical trees.