Blooms and leaves are all wilted like unsavory boiled veggies. Most stems and trunks look good. Would it make sense to cover them now or would this be a pointless effort? We may get a few overnight freezes in Jan an Feb.
My brugs are outdoor, planted inground. The big ones, I don't even worry about but some new, 2 ft tall babies are making me think about this.
thanks for your help.
Brugs zapped by unexpected freeze
Just wanted to add that of all my brugs (I have about 10) I have only lost one to winter. The rest of the short/young ones, have died to the ground but come back. However, I am wondering if the babies will be spared from having to start from "ground zero" if I cover them.
I would cover them. The leaves may be gone , but if the stems are still good, there is still a chance to spare them having to regrow from scratch.
The ones I can't drag into the garage, I am covering, Vossner. Well I am leaving two to their own devices as control plants. I tried bubble wrap. The foliage died, of course, but the trunks and branches seem fine.
thanks both. I'd better get busy on that b4 the next freeze.
Bubble wrap is still plastic and plastics a no no I would mulch the ground heavy try to protect the roots. Take cuttings for next year I can't just let them die
I would be afraid that by taking a cutting now, then the exposed area would be more susceptible. I should have taken cuttings earlier, but like I said, the freeze caught me w/ my pants down, so to speak.
The one that concerns me the most is Wretched Mess, I've had it two years already and it was beginning to be a showstopper.
Any chance at all that you could dig up Wretched mess and save her, put her in a basement or garage.
Doris
I would definatley try to cover and protect them. Last year, the ones I have planted in the ground got zapped by the cold also. But probably like you we can be in the 30s at night for a week and then back to the 50 or 60s the following week. After mine got zapped last year, of course it warmed back up and before I knew it they were putting out leaves again. But unfortantely, we had a unexpected and unusual cold winter, and eventually the 17 degree weather took them to the ground, but they bounced back. Here they are a couple of weeks ago. The coldest we have had so far has been 38.
We've already been down to 25ºF. Then down to 27º about 4 days later.