I also lost a lot of borderline hardy succulents. I wrote about my experience in [another post[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/the-green-recycle-bin-is-going-to-be-filled-for-the-next-several-weeks-dsvw-vd~4378137).

Todd, is this photo the 'pinus ayacahuite' that you speak of? It made it through for us. It never has had cones but it has the long needles that I see in your picture. ( I never knew the name of it.)

We lost our Rangoon Creeper, our Meyer lemon tree, our purple orchid trees, our comfrey plants, bird of paradise and our Dutchman's pipe, turks caps, a Mexican olive tree and butterfy bushes. Our grapefruit tree and our little Kumquat tree still look great. Our white orchid tree looks great, too, but the purple ones are toast. Our gardenia plant looks good, too. It's odd how some were lost and others did just fine. The lemon tree and grapefruit tree are right next to each other. They are in the ground but too large to cover.

MsRed Byrd, lucky you. My white Bauhinia got totally toasted. I hope it comes back.

Omar

Omar, I'm really sorry to hear that. I was wondering about your plant. Toasted is the right word... our purple orchid trees were totally brown! Doug says our purple orchid trees will come back. They really are beautiful when they are in full bloom. I'm betting that your tree will come back, too. Doug says it will be around March before they start putting up new shoots and stems. I remember the last time they froze, we had to cut back the dead wood but they came back just as strong within a year's time. I don't have another white orchid but I have lots of purple tree seedings that are doing fine. We had them in the shed.

Irene

MsRed Byrd, most of the plants you mention having 'lost' will very likely come back from the roots. My experience has been that Rangoon creeper, Barbados bird of paradise, Dutchman's pipe (tropical and fimbriata), turks cap, Mexican olive tree, and white Brazilian orchid tree all recovered nicely and grew back quickly in the spring after a freeze ... :-) YMMV, but I expect yours will also.

Ragna... shhh! Doug is taking me to Turner's this weekend. I'm playing up my sympathy card! Is Aunt Minnie still open? Omar says there's a nice garden shop in Wimberly! I'm just devastated.... lol!

Oh Irene, now I see more clearly ... and I am so sorry you 'lost' all those plants. There must be something you can buy this weekend that will help relieve your sadness. ... ;-)

Aren't friends the greatest... especially when they 'feel' your pain! lol.

All joking aside, we really did lose a lot of plants. The information you provided really helps. I think the Rangoon Creeper is what I'm really hoping will come back. It was so pretty this last season and it took three years to bloom that profusely. I really don't have much hope for it.... Totally, toast! Thanks, Ragna. I'll try to console myself at Turner's.