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Winter, what a great time to live in the deserts of the southwest!! The days are warm enough to do just about anything you want to outside, and the nights are brisk enough to have a crackling fire in the fireplace.
As I talk to many of the people who visit our garden center, I am surprised to find that many of them are not aware that it actually freezes in the Metro Phoenix area. Well, guess what? It does and with the cold we need to be concerned with our landscape plantings.
Most of the indigenous species can handle the cold but we have brought so many nonnative plants into the landscape that we should be aware of those which might have problems with cold nights.
Plants like bougainvillea, lantana, cape honeysuckle, ruellia, young citrus trees and even oleanders can, and do get harmed by the cold nights.
Contact us if you have specific questions as to which plants. In any regard, normally a sheet, a string of Christmas lights, a shop light will either retain or give off enough heat to get you through the cold nights.
Often we are unable to cover all the landscape plantings, so if by chance some of your plants are hit by a frost or a freeze, let them be until after February. The damaged or dead wood will protect the rest of the plant from further cold damage.
If you should have any other questions, please call me at the nursery 623/566-2248 or at lindentreenursery@aol.com. I am available just about every day, and will get back with you as quickly as possible.