Hard Freeze 2 Weeks Early

Our first hard freeze came 2 weeks earlier this year than last year. With over 4 hours of temperatures below 30 degrees last night the Elephant Ears suffered mightily. It is amazing such magnificent plants looked so good yesterday and this morning they look so sad. I am still planning to leave a number of the bulbs in the ground over the winter and see if they come back as good next year. The last picture shows the Elephant ears drooping over the deck rails. The small pan with the late tadpoles was covered with about an eighth of ice this morning which isn't good for living things so I broke the ice as soon as I noticed it. Tomorrow I'll move the tadpoles to a larger contained where they should stand a better chance to survive the winter since it doesn't look like they will mature anytime soon.
The temperature in the greenhouse I finished a month ago was about 47 degrees this morning so it should work out well this winter.