Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Wonders never cease, 2 by ardesia

ardesia wrote:
We just went through the coldest winter in history here. We had 30 consecutive hours below freezing once in January and 4 days below freezing in February. When it became obvious that cold weather was coming I took cuttings from the begonias to bring inside and covered the plants outside in the bed with hay.

None of the canes, well established large plants, have come back. They may still emerge from the roots but it is doubtful. However, a couple of rhizos have popped up and that blew my mind. One is Island Magic, I think one is Mikado and I always forget the name of the bright green one. I never would have thought they would withstand the cold we had.