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Treating frost burned Sarracenia

I am growing my Sarracenia outside in a container and this winter it got frost burned. The phylodia and the pitchers are brown all the way to the base.

Is there anything i can do or should i just wait.
 
Remove any and all dead leaves.
If the rhizomes are still good, they should awaken once the temperatures begin warming.
 
Cut into the rhizome - if it's brown, it's dead. Keep cutting until you find some white. The plant may or may not recover, and maybe only push out a few phyllodia this year, so patience is the name of the game (or buy another if it's not a rare clone).
 
The bottom centimeter of all the leaves are still alive. It's just that the emerging tips are tipped with brown.
 
Photo would be useful.
 
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They look ok to me. Leave them alone and see if they sprout.
 
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You certainly don’t need to cut into the rhizome but I would change that media and clean up center mass a bit. It should be fine.
 
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