I know that many of you have plants, and trees that have suffered cold damage. The best thing for you to do right now is to wait it out. As tempting as it may be, please hold off from trimming, and/or cutting off the dead material.
First of all, we don't know for sure if we have seen the last of the dangerously cold weather. By trimming things back now you may be leaving your plants wide open for further harm in the event of another cold snap.
Secondly, the dead/damaged foliage may help to protect the healthy foliage from further damage. Our advice is to leave things the way they are for as long as you can stand it. In some instances you may not know for sure if certain plants/trees are dead for another couple of weeks yet. Based on what we are hearing from many suppliers in even south Florida, there has been a lot of damage to palm fields and large nursery tracts. It may be a while before some replacement plants and/or palm trees are even available. You are better off, for the time being, to wait it out, and see if your plants spring back to life before cutting them back or ripping them out of the ground.
