In 2022, our home builder planted a triple Adonidia merrillii on the corner of our new house in Indian River County, Florida (zone 10A). The 2025-2026 winter cold was too much for it and it's not coming back.

Next to the palm is a plant with large red leaves (Acalypha wilkesiana aka Copperleaf) and some smaller varigated shurbs. These are doing well. We cut back the Acalypha every year and it springs back up to 5 feet high. In the photo, you can barely see the tops of the Acalypha.

What do you recommend as a replacement palm for the Adonidia that's more cold tolerant? It's 6 or 8 feet from the corner of the house, so it can't be anything too big, but needs to be higher than the Acalypha.

Thank you!

@BobFL Sad news on the Adonidia merrillii, but we all expect to lose a few of these every so often. A potential palm replacement would be Allagoptera arenaria (Seashore Palm). You'll get a pinnate palm that doesn't dominate the house, clumps, is more cold-tolerant and salt-tolerant, and produces an infructescence that looks like a pineapple. Others may suggest something different, but that would be my top pick for your location. We may have a few at the fall meeting in Orlando and probably a few at the holiday meeting in Vero/Earring Point.