A Florida freeze seems sort of contradictory, no? Really I never even thought about the difference between just being really cold and an actual "freeze" until I started gardening.
This year I think I came through our first and hopefully only freezing pretty successfully. I brought everything in pots onto the porch and put a blanket over them. Nothing in the yard was covered.
The day after the freeze I only noticed any damage on two types of plants. One of the Bougainvilleas and one type of Hibiscus.
Hibiscus and Bougainvillea day after freeze
Interestingly, out of 4 types of Hibiscus, only 1 type suffered from the cold, and all 3 plants of that variety were damaged. Then out of two different Bougainvilleas only one type suffered damage.
The Knockout roses on the other hand, came through like a champ!
Fast forward a few days...
Its getting ugly on the Hibiscus.
And the Bougainvillea is dropping leaves rapidly.
I know I won't totally lose the Bougainvillea, and I'm only semi-worried about the Hibiscus, but we will see. How did your plants do?
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