Here is a pic of the whole tree. :-(

That's not looking good, I'd say its toast. But the good news is I have heard many times about washy's recovering from bad freezes. Give it some time when warm weather arrives to be sure.

- US_Marine

Not likely, I'm afraid. Fortunately, they are so inexpensive, readily-available, and fast enough. I tried two in the ground last year...unsuccessfully. I have lots in big tubs that get protected. This has been the Winter from hell for millions! You might wanna try these species in your area.

Sabal minor
Sabal minor 'Louisiana'

Raphidophyllum hysterix (Needle palm)
Trachycarpus fortunei (Windmill), some shade for this one in Dallas area
Maybe also, Butia capitata and Chamaerops humilis.

Thanks all. Wish I could keep this sucker. It was a beauty. I probably will stop trying to plant palms around here. Oh well this was only $100 bucks at Home Depot and another $100 to plant it.

Goodness! Palms must be more expensive to buy in your area than in mine. Though I've never looked specifically for a Mexican fan palm. But I haven't seen any palm over 70 dollars here, most much less.

Why did you pay to have it planted?

I wouldn't give up altogether on palms. You just need to pick something more hardy. I would take a good look at the list njoasis gave you. I can't speak for the rest on her list, but I know windmill palms are some of the hardiest available. The one I have - newly planted just last spring - stayed green through all of the inches and inches of snow we got this year (so unusual for us!) and I never for a second doubted it would be fine.

This palm was $100 but it was an amazing deal. I guess you can't really tell from the picture, but the palm is pretty massive for that deal, and the trunk is really thick. at One time it was about -6-8 fee tall with the tallest frond.

I do have some potential good news. I messed around with the palm yesterday afternoon and tried removing all of the spears and foliage near the bud. A lot of it was wet and dead looking. Ialso took a saw and tried to remove as much as I could and even took off a litte bit of the top of the bud. I do see a lo more green in th bud than I thought I would see. I have high hopes that ths will come back late spring or in the summer. I just wish the temps would warm up sooner. It was 34 degres this morning here.

So, if I see a good amount of Green deep down within the bud, there is a good chance it will start growing new fronds eventually right??

Yeah I have 2 windmill palms in the front of my house and they do fine, they just dont look as good as a mexican fan palm to me. Also, windmills are more delicate and we have severe winds here all the time....One became loose and bent over so I had no choice but to take it out and replant it. Now it looks very bad but im hoping it just shock and that it will come back too.

Sara82Lee -- I paid to have it planted because it was extremely heavy. It took 3-4 guys just to wheel it up onto my lawn guys truck. It had to have weighed somewhere around 250-300 lbs with that root ball. The lawn guys had no Idea what they were getting into and I thinK i got a steal for $100.