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Flower bed cover next week?
Posted on 1/14/25 at 10:13 am
Posted on 1/14/25 at 10:13 am
With temps staying below freezing for 24+ hours next week in some parts of Louisiana, is it even worth it placing covers on top of my flower beds next week? It's a mix of pansies, agapanthus, and some shrubs. I feel like everything is going to die regardless of ground covers. Thinking about just spraying the beds with water Monday night and letting the ice insulate everything.
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Posted on 1/14/25 at 10:15 am to Crescent Connection
What type of shrubs?
Agapanthus definitely should be covered if you want to try and hold onto them.
Your annuals are toast. May as well just let them die and replace when weather warms in spring
Agapanthus definitely should be covered if you want to try and hold onto them.
Your annuals are toast. May as well just let them die and replace when weather warms in spring
This post was edited on 1/14/25 at 10:16 am
Posted on 1/14/25 at 6:43 pm to Crescent Connection
How about Camellias.
Posted on 1/15/25 at 12:52 pm to Crescent Connection
I have always aired on the side of caution and threw down a planket on my front gardens. The guy that set-up my garden laughed at me and told me to just let them battle it out and just replace them as they die, plus I don't need to worry about my boxwoods because they can survive the colds we get here.
But joke is on him, I already lost 1/3rd of my box woods to blight, and a few more look to be on their way out
Waiting to see if I lose half my garden to a major plumbing issue (old cast iron) before I start planning on my next steps
But joke is on him, I already lost 1/3rd of my box woods to blight, and a few more look to be on their way out
Waiting to see if I lose half my garden to a major plumbing issue (old cast iron) before I start planning on my next stepsPosted on 1/17/25 at 10:07 pm to cbdman
Camellia sasanqua should handle a few days in the 20s. C. japonica might survive as well but buds will freeze and drop. If you can tent your C. japonica, do so. I have a few of both types in my BTR yard. Some show damage after cold spells, but none have died.
Posted on 1/18/25 at 9:49 am to Crescent Connection
I have about 20 agapanthus myself. Plan on making some little cylinders with 2 foot wide chicken wire. Will cover with some kitchen compactor trash bags to at least keep the snow off of them
Posted on 1/19/25 at 10:07 am to whiskey over ice
I was thinking of covering agapanthus with 5gal buckets and a brick on top.
Posted on 1/19/25 at 10:08 am to Crescent Connection
Not sure if it does anything, but for hard extended freezes I string Christmas lights thru the more vulnerable plants and cover them. The lights put off a little heat and I tell myself it makes a difference.
Posted on 1/19/25 at 10:37 am to Crescent Connection
Zone 9A here. Baldwin County, AL.
I have a frost cloth I have put over my shell ginger plants to see if I can prevent the leaves from dying. If they do, they'll grow back in the spring.
Potted key lime tree, milk cactus, and croton plants are inside.
I have a frost cloth I have put over my shell ginger plants to see if I can prevent the leaves from dying. If they do, they'll grow back in the spring.
Potted key lime tree, milk cactus, and croton plants are inside.
This post was edited on 1/19/25 at 10:45 am
Posted on 1/19/25 at 1:48 pm to Zissou
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I was thinking of covering agapanthus with 5gal buckets and a brick on top.
that'll work too, I just didn't want to buy almost 30 5 gal buckets
im covering my flax lilies too fwiw
Posted on 1/19/25 at 9:34 pm to cbdman
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How about Camellias.
Most camellias can handle Atlanta & zone 7 no problem. They are as tough as azaleas, Pittosporum, cleyera etc. If they're damaged you're going to have a lot of damage in general.
Posted on 1/21/25 at 6:24 am to Crescent Connection
Every year we cover them and we still lose some of them. My neighbor owns a landscaping company and he said that usually they can come back if the roots aren’t damaged. To each their own about covering their plants.
If we had fruit trees I’d try to protect them. The agapanthus etc I’m not worried about.
If we had fruit trees I’d try to protect them. The agapanthus etc I’m not worried about.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:40 pm to Gorilla Ball
How did everyone’s strategy play out? I ran Christmas lights on everything sensitive to the freeze and left them covered from Monday evening until it got above 32 this morning. Most things appear to have come out just fine, but will take a few days to know the full extent of damage. The plant covers got blanketed in snow…I think it helped create a sort of igloo effect and held any little bit of warmth in.
Posted on 1/24/25 at 8:49 am to Shorts Guy
I brought inside the ferns and small potted citrus everything else abandoned to its fate. I should have brought in two large potted bird of paradise and one large potted papaya but they were too damn heavy and I wasn’t risking anymore back pain. Obviously they are toast oh well
everything else that normally survives a freeze is fine. I’m amazed at the garden and the stuff like lettuce and similar that is unfazed by single digit temps
everything else that normally survives a freeze is fine. I’m amazed at the garden and the stuff like lettuce and similar that is unfazed by single digit temps
Posted on 1/24/25 at 10:18 am to cgrand
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stuff like lettuce
I have all my lettuces and chard in pots which I brought under my patio cover and covered with a blanket. They ended up surviving just fine.
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