Although we've had several nights below freezing, my outdoor sangs are still enduring. I've seen no damage nor loss of leaves. I photographed these 2 a couple of hours ago...we're having one of our rare sunny days. The sangs seem to get some protection from overhanging fir boughs, but are exposed to wind.

The 3rd photo is a hanging basket of Million Bells. This is the 2nd winter it has remained hanging from the SW corner of my back porch roof. It keeps putting out a few flowers, then really kicks in when spring comes around.

Some of the more tender plants, like cannas, were "fried" by the cold several weeks ago.












Patrick
Brug Moderator
USDA Zone 8b
Heat Zone 3
Sunset Zone 5
SeaTac, WA...one cool place

We must have had some low 30° temps while we were gone last week that caused damage to some of my brug leaves but it was nothing killing. They just look "fried" as you call it Patrick but there are still plenty of new growth and healthy looking leaves.

Jarie
Mission, TX
Rio Grande Valley
Zone 9

Patrick, I sure wish your brugs were full of blooms. What are the white stalk type things in the background of the petunia basket?

ChSam (Shirley Morr)
Chariton, Iowa
Zone 5

Shirley, I just wish once...any time of year...those silly sangs would be full of blooms! What you see in the background behind the million bells is part of my big ol' rosemary bush. It gets a lot of pale blue/lavender flowers several times a year, including now. It gets up around 7' tall, then snow/ice will weigh it down & break a lot of branches & I sometimes prune it heavily. I believe it's about 20 years old. Rosemary grows very well here.

Patrick
Brug Moderator
USDA Zone 8b
Heat Zone 3
Sunset Zone 5
SeaTac, WA...one cool place

Well, they look like brug cuttings with "nubbies" all over them --

USDA Zone 7/8
Copper Canyon
North Central Texas

Patrick, What a few miles makes!!!   My sangs have been froze to the ground since November. 

     Allison

Allison
Sunset 5
USDA 8
Heat 2/3

The last 3-4 nights our temps have been dipping into the upper 20's and the sang leaves are finally looking wilted. I doubt the trunks have frozen, but the plants may defoliate. We could easily get colder weather before spring gets here, so it'll be interesting to see how the sangs fare in the long run.

Patrick
Brug Moderator
USDA Zone 8b
Heat Zone 3
Sunset Zone 5
SeaTac, WA...one cool place

So, how did they fare thus far, Patrick? Did they defoliate? Do you have arboreas out too?

John
Sweet Home, OR
Zone 7-8

Yep, all the foliage fried & most of it has fallen off. The thinnest branches are dead, but the trunk & main branches seem to be fine. I have spotted a few tiny green sprouts getting ready to start growing. I have only 1 arborea & it's in the garage. I don't have a really good place to plant it out permanently, where it'll be out of direct sun.

Patrick
Brug Moderator
USDA Zone 8b
Heat Zone 3
Sunset Zone 5
SeaTac, WA...one cool place

How about front porch in a pot? Nobody's gonna steal it without blooms, and you could get a big head start on foilage.

Tom H.
Marysville, WA Zone 8a

Yes, with the talk of them being tough enough to spend all year outdoors in our area, I had decided I should go ahead and bring it out to a protected area (either front or back of house will work)...as long as I can extricate it from the puzzle of pots & plants in the garage without a major undertaking.

Patrick
Brug Moderator
USDA Zone 8b
Heat Zone 3
Sunset Zone 5
SeaTac, WA...one cool place