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Old 11-17-2023, 11:27 PM
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If you are iffy on some plants there are some excellent palm choices. The high plateau coconut palm is safe for the area. Sylvester’s and Bismarck palms are also safe. I have also seen oranges make it through last year’s heavy frost, but in those cases they may have been salvaged by micro climates.

I live far north of villages, it got down to 24 to 27 degrees 3 night in row. IMO my in area the was way beyond heavy frost. Guess depends on which end of the villages you live?