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Originally Posted by NJblue
My question is, when does the damage become apparent? My crotons have already appeared to have given up the ghost, but other than that most of my stuff is still looking OK (even the hibiscus which still has flowers - however, I have them covered with Christmas lights surrounding them to keep them warm).
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Good covers and lights have a chance. I think you see damage within a few days. I can tell you my hibiscus looks awful (I did not cover). It looked like this last year, we cut it back to the ground after no more chance of frost and it came back from the dead.
The problem with our strategy is that it looks like

from first freeze until June