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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The Shrub Queen 
I can almost smell the citrus blooms. Sorry about the mango trees, though.
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Hi Cynthia! Good to hear from you. The Roseapples made it. They always make me think of you.
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I’m very glad they made it.
Thanks for telling me.
Memories of my childhood.
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I’m glad to see most of your garden made it. It is hard to lose anything. That sure does look like an Amaryllis.
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I keep checking it! not open yet.
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Oh my goodness, that frost must have been a shock. Crazy weather around the world, quite frightening. But on a more upbeat note, your garden looks like it is rejuvenating, hopefully there will not be too many loses. Enjoy the spring sunshine 😀
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I am, if we could just get rid of some oak pollen.
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There’s a lot of hope in what you’ve shown us today, and you can therefore experience what we have every winter, with losses and successes. Yes, citrus fruits are quite hardy, and what surprises me is that this survived mango and papaya trees should have suffered more. So much the better!
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Hoping for fruit!
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I’m dealing with rabbits chewing everything in sight. Hosta’s, hibiscus, coneflowers. Hoping they all come back.
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LOL, I have rabbits too and possibly iguanas. It’s always something.
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I love the scent of citrus, take a deep, appreciative breath of it for me! 😎
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I have one in my vase
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What a shame you lost a couple of mango trees. I do hope the remaining tree survives.
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Thank you
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Oh, I’m glad most of your plants are OK. Sorry about the Mangoes…hope the one will survive and then thrive. Things are much improved here, too. Happy spring!
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Thanks, I found life in one more mango! Yay spring!
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‘Sugar Belle’ Mandarin is one that I am unfamiliar with.
That is a bummer about the mango trees.
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It is a relatively new variety. Do they have citrus greening in California?
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Yes, citrus greening is here, but mostly in Southern California. I have not yet encountered it.
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How lovely to be able to have citrus outside. By the end of the winter my citrus plants look decidedly manky after being kept inside. Glad to hear that most of your plants are bouncing back after the frost.
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More thorny plants!
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How lovely to already have a tiny orange on the Mandarin tree! It’s so frustrating to lose big plants – but it’s good to hear that some of yours survived and are coming back.
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Thank you! I just discovered one of the mangoes I thought was gone is not!
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Yay, that’s great news!
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A shame about the mango trees, but the citrus all seem to be fine. Happy spring Amelia!
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