Ahah! All the queen palms planted in the last 20 years around here have fried fronds from our recent deep freeze to 19F We shall see if the trees survived!
Some didn't believe me when I suggested they would eventually freeze. Only large palms to survive long term here are jelly palms and half of those froze in Christmas of 1989. As a matter of fact, I'm seeing lots of non-jelly palms with frozen fronds around town(Beaumont, TX). All the sagos I've seen have lots of brown fronds.

Every single sago palm I have seen here in the Columbia, SC area are completely fried. I saw one yesterday that was probably 5 feet tall and it was completely brown. My pindo palms are still small and in a protected area and they look good.

I guess the nurseries will be busy this year selling replacement plantings for those who hope for another 20 years of decent winters.

Cheers, Barrie.

You would be surprised how much cold the Queens can take. Mines looks pretty bad, but will fully recover. Barrie you saw how bad one of mine was a year ago when I burned it with light bulbs, I had to cut it down to the base of the fronds & it fully recovered. Best bet is to wait till freezing weather is past & cut off all the fronds. They will flush back out no problem.

Butia (Pindo) are bullet proof here. Never see damage on them from the cold.

Sagos will be fine. Cut all the fronds off in spring & you will have a nice new flush within a month.