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Freeze 2007 pics

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in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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See weather conditions on the Palm discussion page of pics.

michaelia champaca v. alba. No damage

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ensete ventricosum. Lots of damage.

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Coastal San Diego, California

Z10b

Dry summer subtropical/Mediterranean

warm summer/mild winter

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Clusia rosea. Lots of yellowing.

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ficus lyrata. A little damage to the top leaves, otherwise looks ok for now.

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Coastal San Diego, California

Z10b

Dry summer subtropical/Mediterranean

warm summer/mild winter

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broms mostly ok. Haven't checked pineapple under blanket.

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anthurium #1. No damage. Under canopy with no winter sun. Looks worse in summer with too much sun!

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Z10b

Dry summer subtropical/Mediterranean

warm summer/mild winter

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brugmansia. Totally defoliated  :( . No protection.

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Ti plant hybrid. Might be damaged. can't remember if this is from wind and salt or not. Beat up none the less.

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Z10b

Dry summer subtropical/Mediterranean

warm summer/mild winter

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Spathodea. Surprised this didn't defoliate completely. Looks ok. Looked worse last winter. No protection.

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These crotons are fine. Leaf loss on some other ones.

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Coastal San Diego, California

Z10b

Dry summer subtropical/Mediterranean

warm summer/mild winter

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diffenbachia. Cold damage to one leaf on more yellowy looking stalk. Under canopy of schefflera which was undamaged.

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seagrape. Not damaged, but protected with heat.

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Coastal San Diego, California

Z10b

Dry summer subtropical/Mediterranean

warm summer/mild winter

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plumeria. A little yellowy but, otherwise, undamaged. This is some kind of hybrid. The other, pure species, had already lost its leaves some time ago, but appears to be ok.

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pandanus tectorius. Not a scratch, so far. A surprise to me.

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Coastal San Diego, California

Z10b

Dry summer subtropical/Mediterranean

warm summer/mild winter

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Heliconias fine. Another surprise. Coldest part of the yard against the house and not protected.

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Coastal San Diego, California

Z10b

Dry summer subtropical/Mediterranean

warm summer/mild winter

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John,

It's nice to see all of the green in spite of the cold temps.  Hope springs eternal.

Ray

Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10A

Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10B

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Good to see that big, valuable brom (Alcantarea imperialis, I assume) is looking OK.  Clusia rosea is very tropical (native to Bahamas, with scarcely a foothold in the Keys), but sea grape ranges north past Cape Canaveral.  It's perfectly normal for sea grape to shed leaves, usually after turning a nice shade of red.  They'll do it in response to cold and/or dryness.  It's also perfectly normal for sea grape plants to burn to the ground in their native habitat.   Sebastian Inlet State Park has deliberately roasted quite a lot of them, along with saw palmettos.

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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(Dave-Vero @ Jan. 17 2007,17:22)

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Good to see that big, valuable brom (Alcantarea imperialis, I assume) is looking OK.  Clusia rosea is very tropical (native to Bahamas, with scarcely a foothold in the Keys), but sea grape ranges north past Cape Canaveral.  It's perfectly normal for sea grape to shed leaves, usually after turning a nice shade of red.  They'll do it in response to cold and/or dryness.  It's also perfectly normal for sea grape plants to burn to the ground in their native habitat.   Sebastian Inlet State Park has deliberately roasted quite a lot of them, along with saw palmettos.

That's interesting info about the seagrape. Thanks.

The clusia is going thorugh its second winter. This one yellowed up when the cold struck. I had 2 others that dies last winter because I over watered them. One of those, actually cam back from the roots and is now growing in the front of my yard. I haven't looked at it yet after the freeze.

BTW, the seagrape grows extremely fast in the warmer months for me.

Coastal San Diego, California

Z10b

Dry summer subtropical/Mediterranean

warm summer/mild winter

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Update on some things after the freeze.....

Everything fine excepts clusia rosea completely defoliated. Looks like it won't make it. I lost 2 last winter. I am beginning to think that these just won't survive in my area. not warm enough.

Lost 3 stalks of 7 off one of my dracaena marginatas. The tops just fell over. They are still green underneath and th plant, as a whole, will be fine. Poused some copper solution over it just in case. It will probably just branch out again.

Coastal San Diego, California

Z10b

Dry summer subtropical/Mediterranean

warm summer/mild winter

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broms mostly ok. Haven't checked pineapple under blanket.

Considering how well everything else did, I don't think you needed to bother covering the pineapple.  I have yet to see my pineapple plants bothered by freezes in the mid 20's.

Your brugmansia should recover without a problem, but keep an eye on your Spathodea.  The stems may die back some.

Central Florida, 28.42N 81.18W, Elev. 14m

Zone 9b

Summers 33/22C, Winters 22/10C Record Low -7C

Rain 6cm - 17cm/month with wet summers 122cm annually

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(ron@springhammock @ Mar. 04 2007,14:20)

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broms mostly ok. Haven't checked pineapple under blanket.

Considering how well everything else did, I don't think you needed to bother covering the pineapple.  I have yet to see my pineapple plants bothered by freezes in the mid 20's.

Your brugmansia should recover without a problem, but keep an eye on your Spathodea.  The stems may die back some.

Well, the heavy blanket broke the pineapple stem so it's a goner. It had a pup that is doing fine. The spathodea actually didn't miss a beat and had no limb die back at all that I can tell.

The brugs have already releafed out and look spectacular (at least as much as it can without the flowers).

Coastal San Diego, California

Z10b

Dry summer subtropical/Mediterranean

warm summer/mild winter

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I hit 28 and both my brugs and spathodea defoliated 100%. Both are already showing alot of new growth. So all looks good.

I am glad to know pandanus tectorius and your crotons did fine. I have been scared to try these. How cold did you get?

Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

-- Alfred Austin

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(LJG @ Mar. 04 2007,20:39)

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I hit 28 and both my brugs and spathodea defoliated 100%. Both are already showing alot of new growth. So all looks good.

I am glad to know pandanus tectorius and your crotons did fine. I have been scared to try these. How cold did you get?

I got down to 29 2 nights out of 4 with no frost. the difference with the 2 you mentioned is that they have been through a couple of winters already so that their root systems and tolerance are pretty good. If this was their first winter, I would have expected complete defoliation of the crotons at least.

Coastal San Diego, California

Z10b

Dry summer subtropical/Mediterranean

warm summer/mild winter

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Does anyone know how the naturalised eucalypts fared in California? I imagine the Tasmanian blue gums (E. globulus) near the coast would be unaffected, but what about the river red gums (E. camaldulensis) that apparently have naturalised in the Central Valley?

Philip Wright

Sydney southern suburbs

Frost-free within 20 km of coast

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I had a few Eucalyptus (mostly year old volunteers) with some foliar damage and a couple of more trees also.  Otherwise no serious or blatantly obvious damage.  My back neighbor has 2 acres of Eucalyptus.  Not sure what species I have, since I don't really care for them (except E. deglupta).  

I did have damage to some Nerium (mostly red ones), lost one Brachychiton and another turned seriously yellow.  Not sure of the species, the one that died appeared to be declining before this winter (gophers?).  Also defoliated in the area were Bambusa oldhamii and Schinus molle.

Lowest temp was 19.8F (-6.8C).

Robert

Madera, CA (central San Joaquin valley)

9A

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