Cold weather coming. Coldest weather to North Georgia in 2 years. I'm not pleased. It has remained over 20 F since February '05. Forescast cold for Friday morning is 19 f. Let's just say I'm watching that figure very closely.
Why?
My palms and other subtropicals do best when things stay warm, especially out of the teens. Historical averages have us going to mid aughts about once a year, but this decade has had none of that. One trip to lower teens has been most typical and I prefer it that way or warmer. (upper teens '04-'05 and '05-'06 didn't go below 20F).
I usually start to relax by late January when the slow warm up usually starts to scratch its way up. By then, if I look at the long range forecasts and all is clear, I don't have anything to worry about, most years anyway.
So, go away cold. We don't want you here. Carpetbagger!
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Getting colder still. Two mornings are suppoed to be 18F in the morning. Too cold for me!!! Friday and Saturday morning will be yucky!
It's Christmas, dear fellow - isn't is supposed to be cold, snow on the trees, and such?
We'll hope for a happy midpoint - low 20s without snow.
We got down to 21F on Friday morning and 16F Saturday morning.
The Crinums, which made an excellent recovery following the cold in early November, are now piles of slime, same for all of the open Camellia flowers.
The evergreen Alpinias, A. japonica and A. pumila were slightly burned by the event as were the some of the semi-evergreen Epimediums, like E. x rubrum.
Despite the mild weather before the cold snap, the Prunus mume held off long enough to avoid injury to its flower buds. The foliage of the Trachycarpus fortunei remains pristine.
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