I lost a few things that were that hardy when we had a milder winter...and thing that should have died didnt... go figure.. lol.... I cant believe its just now peaking up from the ground..
What are you still waiting on to come back?
I found little bitty leaves on my Turk's Cap tonight! Woohoo! Still waiting on the Esperanza, but it's a late leafer, so I'm not panicking yet.
It looks like I also lost my firespike. :(
I dug up the very dead bulbines today no life at all.
Firespikes in the ground are slow to come back... be patient and if you did lose it, I kept some in the gh overwinter so should be able to get you a start.
I noticed new growth tonight on the clerodendrum (sp?) and need to clean out that bed to see what else is hiding. Still waiting on Hamelia patens, Turks cap and Dicliptera suberecta. The bottle brush has some green but looks terribly scruffy!
Good recommendations are the Senna and Pavonia. They have endured both extremes from temps in the mid teens with 24 hr periods below freezing and 100° in the bald open afternoon sun. They survived!
Waiting on rain now... we are already dry and the pollen needs settling.
Thanks, Pod. I remember it being slow last year, so I'm keeping an eye on it, but right now it looks dead as a doornail. Same with the senna. Those are back in the same corner as the root beer plant... must've gotten really cold out there.
Weird, isn't it? I had a petunia in a basket that survived and is blooming. Right next to the basket is a large planter of begonias. The petunia made it; the begonias not so much. Funny thing is, the begonias had already survived the previous 4 winters.
I have had a pot of petunias survive a past winter and suspect one of the reasons is moisture levels. My Senna is about four feet tall and although the tender leaves were damaged from freezing, most of the leaves were still green. Now the begonias I would never have expected to survive. Amazing!
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I'm afraid I lost my cigar plant and my Zexmenia hasn't come back yet either. :>( I did WS some zexmenia and there's at least one sprout in the jug so all is not lost, but I'd love for the one I planted last year to come back. Come to think of it, the gomphrena I had last year hasnt' come back either.
I noticed that some of my purple oxalis were poking out last night, though. That's exciting!
Stephanie, if I am not mistaken, the gomphrenas are annual and the only way they come back is to reseed ~ which I guaranty they will. The cigar plant should also reseed plentifully.
Zexmenia are late to show but mine are doing so. I planted 3 new zexmenia and all survived, they are tough plants. I plant the gomphrenas every year and have never had an original plant return and I don't think I have ever gotten a seedling either! I am wishing for some as I really like those plants. Don't give up on the zexmenia, mine have only started to leaf out recently.
C
I'm waiting on whatever eats the snails to come back! This is just an old dead sunflower stalk, so you can imagine what they look like in the nice tender seed beds. Shouldn't there be some sort of bird that swoops down and plucks up this delicacy?
I'd echo, just keep waiting. We finally got enough sun here last week to warm the soil up, and all kinds of seedlings are appearing that we should have seen in February.
AH! I would not want that many snails to deal with. Perhaps it's time to do some swooping of your own?
C
You can apply beneficial nematodes to your soil to help with the snails and slugs, do beer bait cups where you sink a small can about the size of a tuna or cat food can in the ground, then fill partially with beer. Of course, you have to empty the dead snails out every morning. You can also use a product called Sluggo Plus. Just sprinkle the granules around the base of your plants and no snails. I also take coarsely crumbled egg shells and sprinkle around my plants to help deter the snails.
Back to the gomphrena...Lord knows I had 10 bazillion seeds out there! Certainly one or more will sprout.
first signs of life on my vitex. was a bit worried.
Same here today on two teensy tiny Vitex ~ they sprouted green growth today!!! I was about to give them up for dead.
Signs of life on Zexmenia. There is hope Stephanie!
Big surprise is that Mexican bush Sage is sprouting. I though it was marginal 8a
Dennis, did your wooley stemodia come back. Mine looks like a goner.
you got very lucky with the Mexican bush Sage. I lost one several years ago during a milder winter than the one we just had.
I have two spots in my woolly stemodia that survived, but most of it seems to be a goner.
My woolly stemodias just had dieback on some above-ground parts. They're coming along fine now, but I need to remove more weeds around them. A good spring for weeds, that's for sure!
YES! I am seeing some new ones among the other usual suspects
All of the plants from the Arlington plant sale last fall are coming back except for the butterfly bush, I am so happy. I thought since I planted them so late they had died.
C
Woohoo!! I found life on my Zexmenia and my Cigar Plant!! Found an unknown seedling near the Gomphrena. Does anyone have a pic of an itty bitty gomphrena seedling??
looks like blackfoot daisy hahahaha
LOL Anna!
I have just about given up hope on my triangle palm. Also my potted Madagascar palm seems to be a goner. My Barbados cherry has just now shown some green at the base.
Hey Decklife, out of curiosity, how long did you have your Triangle Palm? Did it grow well for you? My Dad had one until this last freeze but he was not upset about losing it at all. He said that he had had it about 5 or 6 years and it hadn't even grown for him at all. Here is what I want to know. What is yalls take on Palms down here. Are they worth it to yall? I lost most of all my palms this freeze and I don't know if I want to try them again. I mean, I know that a Queen Palm and Mexican Fan Palm do just fine down here but I'm talking about types such as Foxtail, Fishtail, Bismarck, Bottle, Ponytail, etc. Any opinions on these and the trouble of keeping them alive during a freeze like this last one?
What about butterfly milkweed? I had two and both look like goners. So far.
None of my asclepias have come back.
Well, a number of things I thought were dead and gone are showing tiny shoots of green. It has surprised me that all the begonias, including my in ground dragon wings, are coming back up. Knock me over with a feather! Also the plumbago and esperanza are putting out growth from the roots. My turk's cap is doing better than it's ever done with lots of new growth. My only problem is the darn nut grass. I hand dug my iris bed last year and got every bit of nut grass out. I followed the runners and got both runners and nuts and now it's full again. I know I didn't miss this many bits of it and I've decided it's coming back in my beds from mulch. I've had a landscaper buy bulk mulch and do all the beds, fall and early spring, several times now. Anyone else have this problem of weed introduction via mulch?
Off to pull nut grass. I'm going to have to look at this as a zen thing....pull weeds, contemplate their place in the universe, pull another weed, contemplate my place in the universe, pull another weed.......well, you get the idea :)
Crow
You may have to break down and use Image. I have nut grass, but grass burs are a bigger concern of mine. My Mexican Sage looks like its toast. I don't see any growth. Does it come out later, perhaps?
Betty, I'm almost afraid to say it, but grass burrs are the one problem I haven't had. One the sage, I'm not sure if it's a late starter or not as I haven't grown that one. I'm sure someone on here will chime in with good info though.
I've got bits of mexican sage, but I'm not positive if it is growing back from the roots, or from seeds.
I just planted Mex Sage last spring so I don't know about when it comes up but mine has no sign of life at all.
c
All of my Asclepsias are coming back. Also the native Turk's cap. As for palms, I think they are extremely hardy plants. My triangle palm had been in ground since fall of 2007 and had grown nicely. It's so striking, but I knew it was iffy for this temp zone. I have the following palms: Mediterranean, queen, pindo, Mexican fan, Carolina/Florida sabal, dwarf sabal, lady and Chinese palms. I also have a ponytail palm (not really a palm), in a pot. All have fared very well through the winter. Nearby are Bismarcks and date palms and Canary Island date palms, all of which have done well. Also, all these palms did well during the Hurricane Ike salt surge, except I can't speak for the Bismarcks. (The ones I know of aren't in low-lying areas.) A guy who lives right on the bay has an in-ground ponytail palm that was not daunted at all by the cold.
My moses in a boat and pothos, both in outdoor pots and ignored through the winter, have come through. The moses in a boat has come back from the roots. The split-leaf philodendron, for all its tropical look, has not been affected at all that I can tell. My sea grapes looked dead but are now putting out little shoots at the base. I think I've lost all my railroad vine.
Well, the Bicolor Salvia has a few tiny leaves sprouting.
Copper canyon daisy has some shoots at the base.
I found one sprout of Black and blue salvia about a foot away from the original location but that's all.
I now know I lost my 'starry eyes' nierembergia. I thought it was hardy to zone 7. :-( Also pulled up my lemon grass rootball this weekend.
Still waiting for Pineapple sage, Hummingbird plant (Dicliptera suberecta), Coral Vine and Lion's Ear.
My pinapple sage never overwinters, it is not hardy in this zone (mine).
C
I saw some shoots out this morning before I left for work near where the Butterfly Weed was planted last year. I'm hoping that's what it is!
Found 4 or 5 seedlings where the Gomphrena was planted. I'm thinking I have seedlings for that, too.
My tropicals ? Don't even want to talk about it . Around Rockport,Tx , it was 25 degrees two nights. The palms were showing a bit of green . digger
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Digger, are you in Rockport? Your i.d. shows Georgia is why I ask.
Watching it with my hawk eye but no sign of life on the Mexican sage here yet. I am not remembering other years so not giving it up for dead yet. Same with the lemon grass although that holds little hope. I gave up of the Dicliptera suberecta and ordered another plant this morning. I love it and if the original is resurrected from the dead, I will be happy with two... 8 )