Gardener Reports: April 2007 Freeze Damage Observations Across Georgia

Firsthand accounts from gardeners documenting the April 2007 freeze impact on various plants.

What Freeze Damage Looks Like

High and Low Temperatures: March 8 – April 7

Daryl Pulis (27°F)

• Figs and perennial salvias: blackened
• Phlox, sedum, baptisia: stressed but surviving
• Baptisia hit harder than phlox/sedum
• Mulberry, maples, Chimonanthus, crapemyrtle: cooked and wilted, no recovery
• Shasta viburnum: flowers okay, leaves wilted
• Hydrangeas: wilted, deep dark green (poor sign)
• 'Amethyst Falls' wisteria: wilted but not dark green
• Apple leaf damage varies by exposure
• Amelanchier: surprisingly damaged
• Lindera: okay
• Magnolia macrophylla and Sophora: wilted and black
• Itea and Fothergilla: odd color, not wilted
• Some hostas odd color, 'Guacamole' wilted
• Physocarpus: fine so far
• Tulip poplar: both flowers and leaves wilted (unprecedented in 26 years)

Shannon Pable

• Only two hydrangeas in open areas show top burn