Greeting to the SOS crowd from South Florida. I am pleased to report my garden is bouncing back from the historic freeze in early February. There have been a few casualties. I lost two out of three mango trees and a specimen tree form Firebush (It looks terrible in black – I did not know plants could turn black!) Otherwise, the skies are blue, the birds are singing and the citrus trees are setting fruit!

Citrus trees are more cold hardy than I imagined. This is a Sugar Belle Mandarin orange I planted last fall. It is setting fruit – there is a tiny orange on the right side of the photo. I will probably remove most of these as the tree needs to put its energy into establishing itself. The flowers have a wonderful scent.

The Rangpur lime is also flowering. The orange seems to have a stronger scent.

I was very happy to see the Nemesis Papaya coming back from its roots.

I found a surprise in the front garden. It looks a lot like an Amaryllis, though I never planted any Amaryllis. All will be revealed soon. I hope it is a Butterfly Amaryllis!

I replaced some Salvia. These are Mystic Blue. A favorite.

New growth on my one surviving mango. You can see the dead foliage still hanging on around the edges. This is a Glenn Mango. Some of the older mangoes on my street are setting fruit. Fingers crossed.

Happy Spring, Everyone! Things are definitely looking up here.

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