After the First Frost !

Here we are on Oct 30 2006; just ten hours after the first frost.

The damage on my Empress Tree from the frost event covers 80% of the foliage. Lower leaves that did not have as much radiative heat loss and did not appear damaged.

It seemed as though having leaves above them 'protected' them from the frost, or perhaps the ground had a little residual heat, and protected the lower foliage.

By Nov. 7, almost all leaves had been dropped, and all that remains is a 8 foot stalk.