It is actually cold in Central Florida right now. It was 26 degrees F (-3 degrees C) when I woke up this morning at 8:00. I have yet to do the walk around to see what survived this bitter night, but the azalea's out the back door look pretty sad. The flowers are on the ground, or hanging limp. They are spent. We'll see if the buds are lost over the next week.
Still, I remember the first killing frost of years gone by in Upstate New York. Everything was beautifully alive in the evening and frozen dead the next morning. This wasn't that.
Down in the 20s at night on the Texas Gulf Coast Plains. Fortunately never more than a few in a row and gets above freezing during the day.
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DeleteWelcome to many Saskatchewan mornings! Even though sudden killing frosts are not unheard of in summer or unexpected in spring and fall, they are always a bit of a shock. We've just come through 42-below so I have no sympathy for you. LOL. This week we've warmed up to 10F, yippee! Balmy.
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I was definitely not looking for sympathy, LOL. I was just writing in my blog about my area. However, I am quite impressed with the 42 below. Amazing.
DeleteSpeaking of sympathy -- I wasn't looking for any either! It seems kind of like a lot of things -- how we see them is relative to how they usually are, for all of us. Here we get some 40-belows every winter so while it's daunting, we take it in stride. But in January in the southern part of the province (say 2 hrs south of here) it was pouring rain, and THAT is OMG is the Apocalypse coming!??? -Kate
DeleteThr world has gone mad. Here in Iowa the temperature is 42. It's the middle of winter for goodness sake.
ReplyDeleteCrazy!
DeleteThey are spent. Aren't we all? Sigh.
ReplyDeleteHa. Yes.
DeleteSome years ago after a severe frost our ponytail palm looked as dead as a dodo. Or so it seemed. But a few months later it had revived and was looking healthier than ever. You can never tell....
ReplyDeleteAzaleas should survive a freeze just fine. The flowers may suffer but the plants will be OK. (You probably know this already since I'm commenting a week later! LOL)
ReplyDeleteYeah, we lost all the flowers (and it was loaded!) but the leaves are not brown like so many of our other bushes and plants.
DeleteOh, I didn't realize you had a new post. Sorry to hear about your cold, although up here in Illinois we always know that cold temps can last until April/May! We should be used to it but we still can complain! :)
ReplyDeleteIt is just remarkable that it got so cold here in Central Florida. Our semi-tropical bushes and flowers just can't take it!!!
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