There are plenty of sago palms that do well in full sun. Yours is probably still getting established. If you leave it and it is getting watered properly, it should be fine next year.

Thanks, ltrett, that was actually the response I was hoping for. I, too, have seen sagos in full sun. I guess they just have to acclimate.

Jenny

I have a sago that I've thought about planting in the ground (it's been container-bound for a couple of years now - we just move it into the garage over the winter). Will a freeze kill it, though? That's the thing that's kept me from planting it ... the worry over what cold winter temps might do to it.

Sorry - I guess my zone's not shown. I'm in Fort Worth.

They almost always will lose leaves when you replant them, but they recover quickly.
I don't know how far north they are hardy.
Tally hO!

Hi Jenny, it may be getting too much water. They don't like a lot of water. We have several scattered around and every summer, the ones that are planted close to plants that need more water, they are the ones that yellow or get yellow stripes up the frond but then when summer is over, they are fine, lol
The lower fronds naturally yellow and they are just cut off

Aunt Jen, I think they are hardy to around 15

I have a cousin in Denton that has one in the ground in a protected area and she still covered it when it used to get really cold
Don't plant it where it will catch leaves or anything else from messy trees or you will be frustrated and beyond certain times of the year, lol