That is too bad, I’m in west ky and I have to wait a few months.
iamrushelle
Oh no, I’m so sorry, some years the garden will reset naturally! Were these mostly native plants to your region? Usually those tend to fare better when there are temperature extremes, but also more established plants can withstand better. I hope you can rebuild something nice!
The-Tradition
Yeah, that looks like pretty severe damage.
Consider planting things that are more hardy, like azaleas and camelias. Stay away from cold sensitive palms. There are varieties that are cold hardy into the upper teens.
The problem we have in Florida is sometimes we’ll go years between a truly killing frost, and everyone loves pretty tropical plants. But when that big cold snap comes around, you get what happened to you.
AaaaNinja
Did it? Because there’s foliage and there’s also the rest of the plant. A plant doesn’t consist of only its foliage. What if it’s just the foliage? And the stem, stump, roots, are alive and perfectly fine?
Bet-looking-Cat
Giving you a friendly hug from across the world! That’s so sad! Your garden was beautiful. But now you have to plant even more beautiful one.
squirrely-badger
We are “zone 6”.
If you gardener for zone 6, all your zone 6 stuff died in last years -20*F.
I garden for zone 5.
lessens_
Yeah a lot of that is gone unfortunately. Northern Florida is zone 9A-9B. Roebelini palm and majesty palm are zone 10+, unlikely they would survive a harsh winter in their first year. Ensete bananas and tropical hibiscus are bordernline in 9, they may come back in spring.
togetherwegrowstuff
The banana corns may still be alive. Mine die back in the cold and come back in the spring. Some of your palms and other plants may come back too. Don’t dig anything up or cut anything right now. Winter can be brutal but you may be surprised at what grows back. Give them time and water. When you have a freeze coming it’s always best to cover your tender plants with freeze cloth or heavy blankets to reduce damage. Especially tender plants like these. I wouldn’t cut anything until after the freezes past. Unless it mushy. Mush can rot.
herecomestherebuttal
That’s a bad feeling even when you live someplace cold and can reasonably expect that it’ll happen. I can’t imagine how upsetting it is when you should be safe from it.
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That is too bad, I’m in west ky and I have to wait a few months.
Oh no, I’m so sorry, some years the garden will reset naturally! Were these mostly native plants to your region? Usually those tend to fare better when there are temperature extremes, but also more established plants can withstand better. I hope you can rebuild something nice!
Yeah, that looks like pretty severe damage.
Consider planting things that are more hardy, like azaleas and camelias. Stay away from cold sensitive palms. There are varieties that are cold hardy into the upper teens.
The problem we have in Florida is sometimes we’ll go years between a truly killing frost, and everyone loves pretty tropical plants. But when that big cold snap comes around, you get what happened to you.
Did it? Because there’s foliage and there’s also the rest of the plant. A plant doesn’t consist of only its foliage. What if it’s just the foliage? And the stem, stump, roots, are alive and perfectly fine?
Giving you a friendly hug from across the world! That’s so sad! Your garden was beautiful. But now you have to plant even more beautiful one.
We are “zone 6”.
If you gardener for zone 6, all your zone 6 stuff died in last years -20*F.
I garden for zone 5.
Yeah a lot of that is gone unfortunately. Northern Florida is zone 9A-9B. Roebelini palm and majesty palm are zone 10+, unlikely they would survive a harsh winter in their first year. Ensete bananas and tropical hibiscus are bordernline in 9, they may come back in spring.
The banana corns may still be alive. Mine die back in the cold and come back in the spring. Some of your palms and other plants may come back too. Don’t dig anything up or cut anything right now. Winter can be brutal but you may be surprised at what grows back. Give them time and water. When you have a freeze coming it’s always best to cover your tender plants with freeze cloth or heavy blankets to reduce damage. Especially tender plants like these. I wouldn’t cut anything until after the freezes past. Unless it mushy. Mush can rot.
That’s a bad feeling even when you live someplace cold and can reasonably expect that it’ll happen. I can’t imagine how upsetting it is when you should be safe from it.