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Survival of the Freeze
Mar 9, 2008 | 5:13 PM PST
Tags: freeze , frost , saucer , magnolia , daffodil , cut flowers

Well, this happens every year in my neck of the woods. We get all the signs of spring: the warm temps, the afternoon rains, the buds on all the plants. Then, lo and behold we will get a night back down in the 20's and it usually zaps a lot of things. Nothing new here, but none the less...."we" always act surprised. So, last night was that night...I promptly covered up the tender plants and then realized that my saucer magnolia with its hundreds of buds would probably be zapped and never allowed to realize its blooms this year....we brainstormed a bit on creative ways to protect it (but its a big tree) so we set out to take lots of pictures and I took some cutting for a vase to see if I could get some blooms indoors:

Hubby took that picture above....not too shabby :)

I also realized that all my daffodils that I have been enjoying so much would probably get it too...so I shot a pict and cut 20 to take in for a vase:

SO, I am excited to report that when I woke up this morning....everything looked OK!!!! The daffodils are still nice and perky and the buds on the saucer magnolia aren't showing any signs of frost damage. How exciting!!!! And, even better...the branches I brought in full of buds, are starting to open. So, I learned that I can do that and it works and now I get the blooms indoors and out....doesn't get much better that that!

HOORAY!