ouch, it looks like you got hit pretty bad. At least weather like that doesnt happen too much by you.

Good luck, hope all your plants grow back nicely.

yea that forst got your plants. im very surprised your coco looks that good why wouldnt u bring it in and bring it back out in the spring? jw just gonna let it die? nice pics...

Hi
Would guess all those will return save the coconut. I usually whack down cannas and bananas this time of year as they are so bug and wind damaged by this time of year anyway. Was hearing about the snow in Houston So far have been having an above average winter but Jan Feb are the worst for cold. Last snow here was in 78 last severe hard freeze was in 92. 33 was MY low last year but only for an hour . gary

I usually wait until mid winter after frost has them in their dormancy stage to cut all leaves except the newest one off. In spring it comes back and is the same size as it was last year. The coconut I am not sure what its deal is. It has't grown at all since I bought it. Transplant shock? Maybe. I got it in FEB, and put it outside with the others in March. All of my coco's except this one pulled up about 3 1/2 fronds. So I decided to see how long one could make it during winter here.

The oranges don't mind temperatures down to mid 20s. The splitting could have occured from excess water (rain? irrigation?) after a period of limited water. Some of my cara-cara navels and Valencia oranges have split fruit. As a matter of fact, the bright orange color of oranges an other citrus is caused by cold temperatures. Oranges in tropical regions are green, not orange, believe it or not.

I think oranges are alot more tolerant of cold than most people think. Mine has been outside in a bout 2-3 frosts and freezes and it didn't have a dent on it. Now its inside a warm room and within 3 days all these new leaves start shooting up everywhere with buds! I hope i can get it to fruit this time because last time it went through some transplant shock and dropped all the baby fruit.

I wonder if it split because it is a washington navel orange which is 2 oranges in one, pretty much. Maybe that caused it, but im pretty new to citrus growing so I cant answer that with any confidence!
Good luck :)

I am trying to grow a valencia for my wife TZ, what type do you have?

I have a seedless washington navel orange which is pretty big and grafted. I got it off of ebay from a seller in puerto rico for a total of 20-30 dollars. Its a pretty nice size, but I havent had an easy time getting the flowers to set fruit. It has about 50 flower buds or more on it now, so I'll consider myself lucky if I get 10 oranges from it with this batch of buds.
Good luck with your valencia orange, they are great oranges and very sweet too!