There was scattered frost Saturday morning, meaning that the low spots in our yard (including the vegetable garden) got hit pretty good while plants near the house survived mostly. I don’t think it will be recorded as an official frost as the official weather stations in this area have warmer microclimates on cold nights.
I have heard that we have already broken the record for longest growing season. But I’ll await official word.
Frost is always fun to shoot. The frosty lawn and the water garden:
Frosted dahlia:
Monarda seedheads:
Okra:
Kale:
Grasses:
Frost already—what a concept for this lifelong Southerner. Your dahlia photo is divine.
Craig, a frosty lawn in the early morning is pretty. Great pictures.
I have been tempted to try and grow okra, if you have frost already and grow sucessfully then maybe we have a chance here.
That last picture is awesome.
Thanks for the kind words Pam and Gloria.
Gloria: I haven’t got it down yet. The okra, that is. I love the plants but the fruit is usually woody and not terribly tasty. Not sure why. But I like the plants so much I’ll probably keep trying.
Pam: Maybe you can offer suggestions, being a lifelong Southerner? I think the plants are just stressed since even in warm summers we just don’t have the warm nights many warm-season plants love.
We got frost that same morning. The surrounding Weather Underground personal weather stations did not. There was no frost advisory issued. At this point, the only thing we might have done is give the basil one last cut.
Wow… these are beautiful pictures, Craig. Not having been as observant of frost near water in the past, I’m curious about the plants surrounding your water feature that appear to have escaped unscathed. Does the pond have some sort of protective zone of humidity around it that “melts” the frost the way water would, or… ?
I have to admit, I was hoping that the elephant ears, dahlias and brugmansia in the beds by the water garden would get a little protection from the thermal mass of the water during light frosts. Didn’t make much of a difference. They all got nipped pretty good.
I just came inside, Craig and it’s 92º F out there at 3:30 PM. Your frosty photos look very cooling. They’re beautiful enough for Bloom Day!
Annie at the Transplantable Rose