On (15 Sep 97) Paul Halsema wrote to Jim Venedam...
 JV> I don't have any hibiscus around my house. I wish I did. 
 PH> Just remember they're cold sensitive.  A freeze will at least kill
 PH> them back to the ground level.  
 
My mother's hibiscus are pretty well protected, being up 
against the house, and the cinder block walls radiate enough 
heat to protect most of the plants. A good freeze does a nice 
job of trimming a lot of stuff here tho. The roots of most of 
the bushes are so huge from having the suckers left on that no 
amount of ice could kill them.
I have some cardinal plant behind the pool that is now about
6-7 feet tall. The first frost will kill them back to about 
the 1-2 foot level. Neatens them up a lot. 
 PH> We're probably about due for one (freeze) around here 
 PH> (I'm in Palm Bay, FL also).
 
Small world..... Where abouts are you? Some places get a lot 
of wildlife. I'm off of Port Malabar Blvd. We have a fresh 
crop of squirrels, and something is digging up bugs in my lawn.
Possum? Raccoon?
Jimvee 
 
 
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