UF/IFAS Okeechobee County Extension Service

458 Highway 98 North

Okeechobee, FL 34972-2578

Phone: (863) 763-6469

E- mail: okeechobee@ifas.ufl.edu  

Quick Links:  Links to Landscape recovery information     Photos    

Temperatures dipped to 26^oF at Okeechobee Airport on Thursday Morning January 7, 2010. Three consecutive days of below freezing temperatures were recorded from January 6-8 and  three consecutive days of 28^oF also occurred January 10-12.   

Here are links to information on lawn and landscape recovery tips:

• Dealing with Frost Damage 2007 Okeechobee News column
• Did Your Lawn Survive the Chill?      2010 Okeechobee News column
• Cold Protection of Ornamental Plants:  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mg025 Extension Bulletin
• Treating Cold Damaged Palms:   http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mg318  Extension Bulletin

• Additional Comments Regarding Cold Damage to Palms (pdf file) - Elliott & Broschat,  2010 Extension news release 

   

Local Results of Freeze: photos below were taken in the  FYN Butterfly Garden, downtown Okeechobee on Wednesday Morning, January 6, 2010
	Lawn Frost (L& R). Photo: Dan Culbert, UF/IFAS
Dwarf Powderpuff.  Photo: Dan Culbert, UF/IFAS	Wild coffee. Photo: Dan Culbert, UF/IFAS
FYN Butterfly Garden - Park #6, Downtown Okeechobee.       For "before" pictures, see this link. left/below: (white) garden                                                                      right/below: (red garden)
left/below: (yellow) garden                                                                           right/below: (blue garden)

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