Hope not,that one should be fine well below zero(F)

Here is a pic of my C.australis that grew back from the roots this past spring.
The leaves are about half as wide,it appears this plant has adapted to the cold and has already handled 12(F) so far.

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I had red sensation in a pot,a light frost and 35* did it in!
Turned to mush!
It was to wet for the cold.
Good luck with her!

That's a substantial size already, Jim. Nice work!

I had one and it died in the hot winds in summer, of all things.

Barb

It really surprised me and would have been pulled if I didn't cut it down to the ground.
I had a spike plant also,unfortunately I dug it up to plant other stuff.The roots were fine 😥
As mentioned above,rain/cold was what knocked them back last Nov.
It really is amazing what will survive with a little moisture protection going into winter!

Hey Jim,
Spike plant could've gone into a pot ?!?

My area normally has no rain at all before the snow arrives (except this year, where we had 3 inches rain in 10 days...very rare).

What you say makes sense.
Barb

I was in search and destroy mode with the rational that anything that didn't make it would not recover in time.
This is true sometimes but when it's not we may get some cold hardy adaptation if the plant makes a full recovery.
I threw this one under the porch,whoops 😯

Jim,

You might be interested in this C.australis discussion:
http://www.growingontheedge.net/viewtopic.php?t=3939&sid=41dd7e9eae3a409532912748214b15b7

Barb

Thanks Barb!