Tropical Zone Gardening: Aloha to all new friends..., 1 by svplantingfool

svplantingfool wrote:
Jenny, we have had only a couple of bad freezes since I moved here in 1991. We do get some frost occasionally, but I guess since I'm only about 1 mile from the Gulf of Mexico as the crow flies, that ocean buffer really helps. There's generally a 3-4 degree difference in temp at my work, about 6 miles inland. I've been pretty lax over the years about protecting the really sensitive plants, and luckily everything seems to do pretty well. The one thing that died really quick was the poor little noni I got. We hit the high 40's and it was a goner. Poor little thing.

Jeremy's article was dancing through my head today as I hit 2 nurseries that I haven't been to for a while. To show my incredible willpower, I only came home with 2 plants and some new acid fertilizer for my grumpy miracle fruit bush. It's a miracle!

rj, I would love to try a couple of those woodrose seeds. I'm sending you a d-mail.