It is what it is is what I say when I get lots of damage... Or Say . "So it goes" my favorite gardening saying. I damaged a bunch of aloes and succulents when my building got below freezing on the 2 nights this winter. It did not go much lower than freezing but it did and the plants did notice my neglect. I think we dropped 60º in one day. I was extremely busy and then I did not water them this spring and we had no rain. I saw rain all around me but not on me. , Anyway there was a lot of cleaning up to do. They were getting that BAD HABITAT look. I am such a bad plant mom sometimes. Some are near death and some were just needed a haircut.

This picture is of an A. globuligemma and an A. dorotheae on the right. The globuligemma was trimmed partially and I will let the plant extract the stored energy from the still fat but scarred leaves. The dorothea's is not doing well . There are some green in the rosettes and some roots pushing out tiny rosettes. I will dig out the roots later and cut away dead roots.

Here is a Aloe nobles. I am thinking of putting it deeper in a bigger pot or cutting it into pieces because it is branching and making lots of roots above the ground. Weirdly, The ones that I had PIG with butcher paper ands frost cover came through without a mark. The one I protected in the budding got screwed.

Some, Like this aloe 'Fire Ranch" is supposed to be Z7 hardy, Hahahahahaha. Never believe that one. It was the one of the most damaged ones. After I tore the dead leaves off , I noticed the stem was rotating and bending at the crook I am pointing at , so I cut it there

I still had rot and I continued cutting till I got good flesh

So it goes... Sigh. I have had this aloe or saved incarnations of it for 20 years. I think this will be the third incarnation , or is it the fourth. It is NOT ZONE 7!

My A arborecens

Here it is after the clean up. My cat is always trying to upstage my plants.I think she is jealous of all the attention my plants are getting. The aloe had some mushy long stems, not many. It will be looking back to where it was by the end of the summer.

My A/ cameroni is having a bad hair day and had to go to the salon.

After her trim. Not bad.

More to follow.

If any one has any suggestions about process, please chime in. I know , I know, I should have dealt with this sooner but I have had a situation of priorities backed up like crazy. I can't believe that I am just now getting around to it. Aloes are tough. They have to be to live with me and my erratic life.