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I'm curious, did you draw that blue line using "Paint" software? I drove once from Naples all the way up to Tampa. I remember loads of coconut palms around Captiva and Sanibel, yet your map shows that area as going below 32F every winter. I doubt a coconut palm could take that kind of stress every year.
Some of the coconut palms there were pretty tall.
I think you need to carry that blue line right along the coast all the way up to near St. Pete.
the info I used was created by the USDA. they used the average winter minimum from 1976-2005 but what i've found is that if you add the last 8 winters and drop the last 8(the 1983-2013 time period) then you find the temps has warmed by an avg of 1.7f. so basically everything that is zone 10 is normally freeze free.
I'm curious, did you draw that blue line using "Paint" software? I drove once from Naples all the way up to Tampa. I remember loads of coconut palms around Captiva and Sanibel, yet your map shows that area as going below 32F every winter. I doubt a coconut palm could take that kind of stress every year.
Some of the coconut palms there were pretty tall.
I think you need to carry that blue line right along the coast all the way up to near St. Pete.
Coconut palms can withstand temperatures just below freezing, but it's the duration that matters, a couple of hours below freezing (per winter) shouldn't kill them.
I can't say when the last time was where I could say, I can't wait for winter. I wonder how cold and snowy it's gonna get this year? Last year was ok, the year before that was a bust. Of course, just as long as PennDOT and my township keep the roads plowed and salted I don't care how much it snows
Oh my god I can't believe a wee small frost does that amount of damage. Temps like that here do absolutely nothing. Infact low temps don't really do damage here.
Do your parents not plant out "summer bedding"? The plants/flowers that we plant in our gardens for colourful displays during the summer are mostly of tropical origin & they are also killed by a frost of just 0C...
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But its only 0c? Is it really that bad that they can't cope with 0c barely below freezing for a few hours?
Depending on the type of plant. Many tropical plants, including palms, can easily take 0C for a short duration, but some plants are more tender...
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Goodness gratious the plants in florida are terrible.
No It is no different to certain plants getting killed by a cold winter here in the UK. The winter of 2010 saw many parts of the country lose things like Cordyline's that had been growing away quite happily for many years. We are a temperate climate country so we grow much tougher plants, Miami is tropical so they grow completely different things...
Watch out, I hear the winters there are truly awful...even colder than in Washington DC!!
I know, much colder year round apparently, will have to make sure I pack my snow shoes
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