Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Frosted!, 0 by Kell

Kell wrote:
Oh Mary, don't you hate that first frost esp if it is the only one you get all winter? Just enough to kill off annuals and make your brugs drop their leaves and buds. We have had a couple days of just cold enough to ruin the looks of my brugs though I notice I am getting new growth on some. Still getting into the high 30s here at night but the brugs seem happy as long as it does not go below 32. I think you stay warmer than I am. I am surprised you get that cold in 10A. Your brugs were beautiful! Spring is so close now, I am getting excited.

Here is one of my tree brugs that I left only to add a bit of warmth to my hoophouse that you can see below it. Though now with no leaves it is useless. It is one of those ugly seedlings that thrive better than much nicer ones. Lives on regardless. Makes me nuts. It is in a gallon pot that rooted thru to the ground a couple of years ago. I need cut it down for good.

All my brugs look like this now. My tibouchina next to it is still blooming on regardless so it hasn't gotten very cold here yet.