Frozen, Part 3

All good things must come to an end, especially when they are not in your hardiness zone.  This final installment documents some of the more miserable-looking plants after a week of subfreezing temps with lows reaching down to 10 degrees F (-12C).

Just melt already!!!

Once again, the survival scale:

1 = Dead

2 = Severely damaged and may never fully recover

3 = Severely damaged but will probably fully recover eventually

4 = Severely damaged but will probably fully recover in less than a year

5 = Moderate cosmetic (e.g. leaf) damage but no known structural damage

6 = Minor leaf/flower damage

7 = No damage

Melianthus major (Honey bush) = 4 (But it will quickly regrow from the roots in the spring)

Hebe x andersonii 'Variegata' = 1 or 2 (It's not good when leaves turn lighter or darker after a frost - this plant did both)

Lavatera × clementii 'Rosea' (Tree mallow) = 5 (Normally evergreen.  Oh well)

Acanthus mollis (Bear's breeches) = 4 (Maybe the seaweed look will catch on)

Francoa sonchifolia = 5 (Normally this is perfectly and unsuspectingly evergreen)

Rubus lineatus = 5 (The leaves are dead but the stems seem to be undamaged)

Stauntonia leucantha = 7

Bignonia capreolata 'Tangerine Beauty' = 7 (Still fully evergreen...the tag says it can be semi-evergreen & hardy to -10F)

Musa basjoo (Hardy banana) = 3 (They have been frozen back too far to reach their max height this year)

Holboellia coriacea 'Cathedral Gem' = 6 (Bronzed foliage, otherwise looks ok)

Ceanothus 'Tuxedo' = 5 (Larger leaves were dessicated but smaller leaves look ok)

Cordyline australias = 1 or 2 (Dead or mostly dead)

Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata = 7 (Leaves curled a little during the frost, but now looks perfectly happy)

Daphne bhoula = 3 (Time will reaveal how badly damaged it is)

And finally...

Pachyphytum hookeri = ??

So far this pachyphytum is still alive - much to the amazement of the neighbors walking by (and me).  It is in full sun, protected from rain overhead by a tree, and is in very well-draining soil.  I was never really expecting it to survive the entire winter, but if it looks this good after the frost we just had, I'm beginning to think it stands a chance!