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Originally Posted by billethkid
Just remember that "frost" cloth does not stop freezing if the temperature goes below 30 for more than a couple of hours (as forecast). Some of the truly tropical swill not survive. In our 10 years here we lost every one of the several hibiscus plants, a robilini and a European fan palm.
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We've also had severe damage to hibiscus plants. We gave away all our robillini trees. I used to put frost covers on everything and even tried to keep them warm with lights. Eventually I got tired of the work and replaced them.
Sometimes "tropical" plantings will survive a hard frost. But after a hard frost, they usually look really bad for a couple of months. As Ron said, don't be tempted to prune anything back until danger of frost is past.
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