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Plant frost die off?

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andyoxon:
Two large 1.5m tall hebe bushes dead after that period of cold in December.  Already trimmed just the top 1/3 off in hope, but on closer inspection main stem near ground level split n dead.

Anyone else had frost casualties?

Ham:
yup, lots :(

SteveC:
At least two if not three in the unheated greenhouse.

Tomsk:
Yes, some of our and clients' Hebes deaded, others look to have survived, if gone brown in places. Other casualties include marginlly frosthardy plants like Acacia Dealbata, Penstemons and Rainbow Yuccas. I don't think the stresses of last summer's drought followed by excessive rainfall can have helped. We'll have to see how Dahlias left in the ground for years have survived this time.

Flite:
Here in the N. Pennines, hebes rarely last more than one or two winters, same with many so-called evergreen plants.
When the ground freezes they can't take up water. Then the wind blows and the leaves loose water faster than it is replenished so the leaves shrivel and die. When it is really cold, the stems just burst open.

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