Georgia Gardening: Baby It's cold outside..., 1 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
It's been colder and usually everything comes back just fine. The biggest problem is when warm days are followed by a cold snap happens - that is when some things (crepe myrtles come to mind) are killed to the ground but in a couple of years most people would never know it. In '83 it was in the 70's the week before Xmas and then Xmas Eve it turned bitter cold. Xmas Day was 5 degrees F. Huge crepe myrtles were killed to the ground. The same thing happend in Jan 85. They all came back up from the ground but the old growth had to be cut down. Saucer magnolias can have a lot of dieback with late spring cold snaps too but they come back nicely. Anyway nothing new under the sun when it comes to weather. Last year's late spring freeze (16 deg) did a number on a lot of shrubs (Japanese Maples took a hit).

Here is what 14 deg does to falling water from the cooling towers at a power plant yesterday.