Jim, my plants are looking so bad right now that I won't be doing anything special for them this time around. Some have new growth on them and this surely will hurt them even further, but I just can't (and don't have the energy either) to start covering them. I have thousands of plants and it's just not feasible. I will bring my Vandas, Phals, and any other orchid that has buds or flowers inside. Also, some of my rare plants that are in pots. My Lisptick Palm, Taccas, a couple of rare Anthuriums and a few more will go in my garage as soon as I'm done here.
The rest will have to fend on their own. Tonight my sprinklers go on so they'll get some water.
What can I say, out of lemons make lemonade so I see this as an opportunity to have nature do the selection for me. I needed to rethink and redo portions of my gardens and it's being done through these series of nature problems. Those that are strong, and healthy will remain, the rest will come out. When replanting, I'll be replacing many with sturdier species and a lot more natives.
It's hard for me to say this because I've always been drawn to rare plants and those are the first to suffer when nature is capricious, but this time I will be more selective.
