I have no gardening experience to speak of prior to this season. But I have this experience this season: I ordered 3 varieties of tomatoes from Gurney and two varieties of bell peppers from Burpee. Both shipped and arrived too early but I set them out anyway. We've had temps mostly in low 40's at night with highs in low-mid 60's. They haven't grown, they've just sat there, but appear very healthy. We had several nights with temps down in the 36-38 degree range by dawn, with no damage to either. We've had two frost advisories and I covered the plants but temps stayed around 40 both times. But this week we had unexpected cold wind. Temps were 38 degrees but the wind was 20-25 gusting to 35mph. Chill factors were 29-31 degrees. By the time I awakened and realized what was going on it was too late. The peppers were not happy. All were shriveled and looked dead. I lost 3 jalapenos and 3 bells. Strangely, the yellow bells were lost and the green bells right next to them survived. The tomatoes seemed unaffected. However, they are deep in the ground with only about 2-3" of their tops sticking out, whereas the peppers are mostly above ground. So... My peppers and tomatoes have survived 36-38 degrees with no apparent ill effects...at least for several hours. My peppers(some of them) did not survive 38 degrees with high wind thrown in. The tomatoes didn't seem affected by 38 degrees even with the high wind. Frost is another story, if frost is a possiblity, cover them up!

Hey, Kevin, I was inclined to let my agapanthus go as have not had any bloom for the last two years. Since my sister took two tropical hibiscus to TX with her I had room to bring them in and try one more year. The hibiscus get too buggy for me. I have moved the agapanthus to more sun, watered more often, fertilized, etc. but no bloom. I read seveal threads for info but thought that you being a neighbor ( I live in Maple Grove.) your advice would be more related to my growing conditions. Decided not to dig up my glads this fall. May buy new ones next year or replace them with something else. Crocosmias look lovely but I don't want more bulbs to overwinter inside. I have three amarylis bulbs, one several years old. They are so easy to just stick in any open spot in the garden until I bring them in in the fall. One year I forgot about my older amarylis bulb and didn't find & pot it up until the next year. No bloom that year but it grew all summer and bloomed the next winter. I've had repotting the bulbs on my to do list for a couple of weeks...maybe tomorrow. I love my "tree" bouganvillia and also saved a varigated one but let the others go. Dahlias, cannas, calla lily bulbs, gardenia (got a blossom today, so fragrant), star jasmine, a soft pink fuschia (now full of buds), fig tree, huge jade plant, rosemary, red cyclamin (full bloom), purple dracenia, a clover from CA, and Santa Barbarba daisy (tiny flowes) from CA plus a few other plants winter in my basement or in my cool living room. A small yellow Japanese maple tree, (growing from seedling from my CA sister-in-law's tree), Cecil Brunner rose (a cutting from same sister-in-law), money plant, and a pink mini-rose are spending the winter in my unheated garage. Also have a huge pot with a dwarf arborvite and daffodil and tulip bulbs in the garage. Had success with bulbs surviving last winter in the garage and blooming this spring. All those plants and more, maybe I need to do some more culling next year though I will probably ADD more as today I received some "exotic Japanese Maple" seeds in the mail. Bobbie

This thread has been replaced by a more recent spread about the Frost Advisory and Freeze Watch for Monday Night/Tuesday morning.

Good reminder! Alas, I wasnt able to water mine today. I had to go do errands and then see the dentist arrgg! I cant feel my face right now so Im not watering lol. I did move a few things.