Sad to say, not all frost damage is evident immediately. It sometimes takes several day for the damage to show. I spent most of yesterday pulling out the immediate evidence. That included all the basil, the zinnias and the celosias. I wanted to get them out before they dropped a mass of brown wet leaves. The Mother of Thousands, which had been growing quite happily in the roots of an iris looked fine at 8am when the temperature was still well below freezing. A few hours later the leaves began to droop and by lunchtime they were a black sodden mess. The babies had dropped to the ground. Thank goodness I have one in a pot in the greenhouse. There are lots of offspring on the soil and they seem unscathed by the freeze. I'm sure the soil kept them free from harm.

Today I noticed the Philippine Violet had taken on a bronzed appearance. I will leave the leaves on until next spring to offer some protection.

Work continues on removing the stumps of the two crepe myrtles in the front garden. Not my work, but David's. Time for a change, although what plants will replace them has not yet been decided. One of the trees was acting as a support for the Lady Banks rose. It will require some serious pruning after it has flowered int he spring.

I wonder if other gardeners do as much pulling out and moving of plants as I do. This is the longest I have been in one place and I'm learning the lesson that I don't always make good choices with planting material.