Vero Beach: Mostly green landscape in winter?

[HarryWho?]

Originally Posted by Cindy S. Lynch

I live in Vero Beach and have lost about 20 plants on my property brown, dead as door nails. I believe this was caused by our new lawn service spraying weed kill. They insist it was from the cold snap we had in 12/2011. Well, my plants have been in the ground since 2009 and I know we have had worse freezes in those years. I actually thought the couple of days in December were not that bad. Well, anyway what do you think, the weather or an unskilled laborer behind the weed kill spray? PS: Plants included were plumbago, african lilies, iris, hibiscus and a rose bush to name a few. So tell me, please.

Do you irrigate? Vero had the driest Jan. in it's history.

[Rabflmom]

Originally Posted by HarryWho?

Do you irrigate? Vero had the driest Jan. in it's history.

As a long time Floridian we don't. City water is too expensive to water with and the well uses electricity to run the pump so we only water in the summer and then only the plants and trees and not the grass a lot. We like the not having to mow the grass twice a week during the winter and if the grass browns up some in the winter you get that beautiful spring green in the spring when you start getting rain. Gives you a little more feeling of seasons down here.