Areca Palm Freeze Damage

[sacts]

I am in the Orlando area and this past winter we had a freeze that damaged the buds of each of the shoots on my areca palms.  Will new buds come back or do I need to cut down these damaged shoots.  It's a shame if i do because they were nice.  Will take a while for the new shoots to get as big as what I had.

[Little Tex]

Pictures?

[sacts]

[Little Tex]

tug the spear (bud) if it pulls, pour a little bit of hydrogen peroxide down the crown

[kinzyjr]

@sacts

There was a lot of similar damage to these observed on my way through Orlando coming back from the Leu Gardens sale .  It was surprising considering the lack of damage to Adonidia merrillii and the overall mild lows recorded in the area.  @Little Texgave good advice.  If that doesn't work, you're probably looking at waiting for the new shoots from the root ball to get large.  The good news is that they will grow faster than the original canes because the root system is already established.

[PalmatierMeg]

If damaged stems die, it will grow new ones.

Those are not palms from the Areca genus. They are Chrysalidocarpus lutescens (formerly Dypsus lutescens) and come from Madagascar. True Arecas come from Southern Asia and are extremely tropical. Another reason scientific names are crucial to identifying and classifying palms.