Toomanydogs, There were many people in the IE (Riverside, Corona, Upland, Ontario, etc.) during the 2007 freeze that lost a good portion of the collections. Jack @ Kimi's Plumeria in Corona even lost a bunch of plumies. in the Freeze of 2007 my patch got to 36 degrees. I met with a plumie friend from Riverside in October who told me that during the winter of 2010 and 2011 had a night or 2 of frost and lost several plants, some lost irreplaceable plumies such as Red Dusk and others that are hard to get like Thai peach from Jungle Jacks (the mother tree in Thailand was destroyed so there was only 1 season where the Thai Peach was available.). So if you value your plumies or have rare irreplaceable ones I would put them in your garage or get a green house to store them in during the coldest winter months. In So Cal the coldest months are typically Jan and Feb, so more to come. You may want to watch your plumies also if they were out in the cold air as it may take a week to show signs of damage like cracking and oozing of black fluid, shriveling, etc. I also check Weatehr.com, Accuweather, Weatherbug, Weather Underground for hourly updates during the night to see what my plumie patch temps will be. Usually my forecasts are pretty accurate as the coastal influence and marine layer help to regulate the temps and keep them more Constant. I think the drier air in the IE makes your temps a bit more unpredictable as you can have clean night skies which lets the heat escape. Hope your plumies are ok and that you have a Happy Holidays.

I second that, and I also wish you the best in this coming year. This place would not be the same without you. May everyone have a great Christmas day. We are golfing so my wish to myself is to have my swing be strong.

Hi Judy, so good to see you posting again. I hope Greg's burns are healing well. You didn't say how you are doing? I believe you were having problems with your legs. Hope that is better. Ashley is quite a grown up beautiful young lady now. I'm glad she has a job that she loves, and hope she will stay with it. Nice looking young man, too. Don't be stranger here now. Sue

To you as well! And everyone as well... a great new year.