Cold Weather Damage - warning: Disturbing Pictures

[fawnridge]

#1 - Yellow Excurrens - on the south side of the garden, in the protected courtyard.
#2 - Gold Dust - also on the south side of the garden. 2/3 of the leaves are on the ground.
#3 - Ethel Craig - on the west side, almost completely defoliated.
#4 - Buddy - you might remember how beautiful this one looked from photos I posted last summer. North side of the garden.

 

[fawnridge]

#1 and #2 - Thanksgiving - on the north side of the garden.
#3 - Pink Bravo - in the wind tunnel on the east side of the garden between our house and our neighbor's.

 

[Moose]

Ricky - I thought I did OK until I started defoliating like your crotons over the last 48 hours.

 

[fawnridge]

Moose - It takes 10 days for the leaves to drop. You should see my Ixora - nothing but bare bones!

 

[Dypsisdean]

During a "normal" winter, do you guys usually experience no damage or noticeable "struggling" at all?

 

[fawnridge]

I've been living in Florida for 12 years. This is the first time I've ever had this much damage. In a "normal" winter, you get some leaf drop, but nothing like this. I lose more leaves in a drought.

 

[ScotTi]

These spent the cold under frost cloth for days. The Green and Gold looks wilted but the others look ok at this time. A few are showing leaf drop

 

[ScotTi]

This Piecrust Croton looks to be fine, it only had palm canopy protection. New growth was damaged.

 

[junglegal]

Almost every croton I own has dropped it's leaves. Things are still just starting to show damage. Crazy. My yard looks like a war zone

 

[Moose]

Almost every croton I own has dropped it's leaves. Things are still just starting to show damage. Crazy. My yard looks like a war zone

Hang in there Bren. It may look bleak but I assure you will find some rebound suprises this coming spring.

Ron.

 

[epicure3]

I can take the leaf drop better than I can take the plants with the leaves still on but all dropped over. That situation never seems to work for me.