Re: Freeze

Richard Starkeson wrote:

> Not mediteranean, I know, but In Berkeley CA, where it got to about 28
> degrees (unfortuneately also with an east wind, which dried things out),
> I had two Fuchsia paniculata which are now leafless (1 has a few leaves
> at the base), an apparently dead Deppia splendens and Monocheatum
> (melastome); another unknown species of arboreal Fuchsia looking rather
> dead, and leafless  Daturas and Cestrum nocturnum.  I expect the Cestrum
> and Datura to come back from the roots.  Does anyone have any idea on
> whether the Deppia (believed only to survive as a species in gardens) or
> the Monochaetum are likely to regenerate from stems or roots?  These are
> all Mexican and central american cloud forest plants (where it gets
> cold, but dos not freeze).

  Richard I have no idea about the Deppia but my daturas are regularly cut
to the ground here in southern France and attain 6 to 8 feet the next year.
They flower only a week, or two before the autumn frosts though. Is thre
any way of speeding up the flowering process?
    On the freeze topic in general, we have had a fairly normal winter so
far(Zone 8), with slight damage to Acacia dealbata   but rather more to
acacia melanoxylon. I was very surprised to notice that  a Sutherlandia
frutescens in the same area of the garden is completely untouched, even the
flower buds are continuing to develop. Has anyone had experience of this
shrub?
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