Texas Gardening: Cold coming?, 1 by Indigoez

Indigoez wrote:
It was 27.7 here @ 6:46am according to my digital thermometer. I did the sheet and plastic thing as much as I could, but it wasn't enough on some of the more sensitive tropicals I have in pots and have nowhere left to move in... they're pretty much mush as far as leaves go, but I think they'll probably come back out again. A lot of stuff got nipped to some degree, but it was not at all even as far as what got it and what didn't. My Nasturtium seedlings that I covered with glass jars mostly survived, but there are weird deaths of one or two next to (as in less than a foot) a perfectly intact one. Also, I have a huge Aristolochia on some lattice with a hibiscus in front, and while the vine got it pretty bad, the hibiscus limbs at the same level are just fine.

My makeshift greenhouse (the patio covered in plastic) was already full from stuff I moved in Dec, and the front porch was full, and most of the house too. I have several trays of seedlings sitting on the end tables, and the windows are crammed full of smaller pots. Obviously the stuff inside is ok, but a few leaves & limbs near the edges of the porch and patio got it. Some of the plastic covering my passifloras on the north fence came loose overnight, and I'm afraid the parts of them on that side are goners, but the main body of the plants survived, which is all one can hope for I guess:-/

Here's a picture of the weird living hibiscus/dead aristolochia thing. Did anyone else have this happen with plants right next to each other?