Whilst searching my photos for the Houston Chronicle of a before and after freeze photo of the tree fern for their monthly garden news letter, I came across all these lovely photos taken only 2 months and a week or two ago.
First here is the photo they are trying to upgrade...they merged before and after the freeze
this was my first Heliconia bloom....
Gone.
Ti, and weeping bamboo...
Bamboo, alive
Ti's - wait and see
Variegated eyrithrina
Greenhouse
red flame tree
possible recover...no experience with freeze.. defoliated
Root beer plant (wide leaves)
Gone (runners will return)
Clerodendrum Minahasse
gone- although planted with calculated risk
Papaya-
Possible recover (second freeze for this one) which is why there are two tops to the tree that grew from the first recovery. I believe the top left will perish.
This is the tree and area now.
White brug
will recover
Black Currant Swirl datura "tree"
Will recover, and we all know the seed production. This Particular Datura is call Datura Tree, for it's ability to grow up to 10 or so feet tall. They become so heavy that they cannot support themselves and tend to lean and lay.
Green man face on the trunk of the oak tree that grows right out of the deck
Amaranthus-
Green house, (volunteer)
I still see green in your garden!! I'm envious!! LOL.
Crotin
Greenhouse
crotin
sun lit leaves....
Pepper, these are from November...but I suppose there is green...I'm blinded by the brown right now.
crotin
This combination of variegated and blue ginger was very beautiful. At least to me...I know I threw pictures of this around time and again.
Gone and Gone (variegated might come back) Blue are toast
The same area now
I noticed last week when we had a stretch of nice weather that the lizard folk managed well.
Along with the mosquitos
Going to have to start on bromeliads again too
It was a bit distressing picking and choosing what lived and not. The house, and green house was stuffed full of plants.
Solanum Seaforthianthum
gone, but growing seedlings in green house
Kitty, telling me that his menu selection that morning was sub standard dry food. He is sending me telepathic messages telling me that he will have wet food.
Red bleeding heart Clerodendrum
Probable recovery. This guy keeps growing back where I originally pulled it out.
Ti plant sun
Pond
Fish okay, but needs to have a good cleaning this spring.
Until Spring!
Very sad looking,
Randy good thing is that spring will be there soon!
About 3 months for me here,but your just around the corner from spring!
I hope the best for you,please keep us updated,especially as soon as you see the green returning,I know all to well about the brown feeling!!!!
I know, I feel bad about whining sometimes...but you know how tropical some of this is. The bright side is that I am getting a new roof, and the diminished vegetation is a good thing.
I just checked my large woody vines like the B. grandiflora and rubber vine...I think they bit the dust. The thick trunks are soft and rubbery. I'm not sure what to expect with vines!?
Yep vines are very iffy!!!!
But we can't help ourselves when we desire exotics!
so true!
Got a picture of the Fern today...it dropped all of the fronds last couple of weeks...
there is one new one extending now.
Randy, such a shame that your garden had to suffer through this. I hope a lot of the plants come back of their own accord as soon as the sun starts shining again. Who knows what is lurking under the ground while the tops are wilted and gone. I wish you the best of luck with all that.
Take care.
Sylvain.
aah, thanks...It will thrive again!
so sad to look at all this brown, but you could look at it this way you can watch in awe as some of your plants come back from this, and marvel at their resiliency! (sp)
I know its hard to look on the positive side right now, though.
True, I'm starting operation spring clean tomorrow, and am cleaning out junk waste so I can prepare for some serious gardening. I'm actually excited about making changes!
I hear you,I started removing some evergreens that have outgrown there space,and a
new deck,and then the last snow storm stopped me!
Thanks for sharing all those pics!
I went to visit the sourthern part of Costa Rica. There is a Reserve that belongs to the Boruca native Costa Rican. So we had a Borucan Tour Guide! He knows alot about the jungle.
Warzewicsia coccinea (Rubiaceae family) false jungle poinsettia.
cool plant,
