Areca Palm Hedge in Orlando

[sacts]

I currently have a podocarpus hedge on the side of my yard that  is too close to my pool and I have plenty of room to create a new hedge farther out.  I really like the look of Areca palms and I have a couple in my yard that do well.  With that said, I've been told that a cold spell could kill the hedge if I were to use areca palms.  Anyone have any experience with an Areca hedge in the Orlando area?

[kinzyjr]

@sacts There are folks that use them as hedges.  As far as cold spells go, these tend to do a bit better under canopy, but they can come back from the rootball if they get frozen back during a bad cold spell.  If the temperature goes into the teens or stays too low too long it might kill the rootball, but since they are cheap to replace.... why not?

[pj_orlando_z9b]

15 hours ago, sacts said:

I currently have a podocarpus hedge on the side of my yard that  is too close to my pool and I have plenty of room to create a new hedge farther out.  I really like the look of Areca palms and I have a couple in my yard that do well.  With that said, I've been told that a cold spell could kill the hedge if I were to use areca palms.  Anyone have any experience with an Areca hedge in the Orlando area?

I've followed these Areca hedges on Hoffner for a few years. They got knocked back one winter when they were young.