tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post4940999970229949552..comments2024-03-18T08:56:42.730-07:00Comments on Succulents and More™: First freeze of the seasonGerhard Bock (Succulents and More)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-83665045896390521522010-11-29T16:35:50.211-08:002010-11-29T16:35:50.211-08:00Ramona, thank you for your nice comment! Moving fr...Ramona, thank you for your nice comment! Moving from Elk Grove to Utah must have been quite a shock, gardening wise. But what a beautiful state!!<br /><br />When that artic storm came through last week, temperatures in Fairbanks, Alaska were higher than here. Bizarre!Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-11658016652419807802010-11-29T15:43:35.448-08:002010-11-29T15:43:35.448-08:00My family and I used to live up the road north and...My family and I used to live up the road north and a little east of you in Elk Grove, CA. I've enjoy viewing your beautiful tropicals that you grow. Now we live in Utah, zone 5 where we can grow tropicals only indoors. That awful frigid storm came our way after moving through CA. Now we're shoveling snow!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-67846965177178531002010-11-24T13:24:34.225-08:002010-11-24T13:24:34.225-08:00Lovely succulents and exotics you have there! We h...Lovely succulents and exotics you have there! We had a Musella lasciocarpa that sailed through -8C (17.6F) before, lost all the leaves but retained most of the trunk and was vigorous enough to be a decent sized plant again by midsummer.<br /><br />Our location's a tad colder to permanently plant out most of the other plants you featured, but special mention to the Agave desmettiana 'Variegata', it's a lovely plant indeed and I hope you won't get as much damage again this coming winter :) Mine's safely tucked in the heated greenhouseMark and Gazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427245730390252976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-8479555268435750982010-11-23T19:23:29.994-08:002010-11-23T19:23:29.994-08:00Alan, yes, this is the southern edge of that cold ...Alan, yes, this is the southern edge of that cold front from Alaska. 16° in Portland tonight, 13° in Seattle, and 9° in Mt Shasta where we're headed tomorrow. Brrr. Depending on which forecast you look at, we're supposed to have around 29° in Davis tonight and 26° tomorrow night. Looking at http://weather-warehouse.com/WeatherHistory/PastWeatherData_Davis2WswExpFarm_Davis_CA_November.html, we haven't had a November low of 26° since 1993.Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-66018364700133393782010-11-23T18:07:22.722-08:002010-11-23T18:07:22.722-08:00I was just pulling a bunch of plants back into the...I was just pulling a bunch of plants back into the garage myself, as temps tonight will be around freezing and I don't want to take chances.<br />.<br />Since you said you had 3 sub-freezing nights last winter, I assume that getting into the 20's this early is unusual? I know the PNW is getting some amazingly cold weather right now, so you must be getting the edge of that, right?Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13393082652312828458noreply@blogger.com