The freeze really took it's toll on some of the plants in the yard. Everyday it looks a bit worse as the foliage browns and yes it's a bit depressing, but that's nature. I am optimistic that all will come back. Clearly, the plants that I doubled and tripled wrapped came out the best, so I can say for sure that I will have more fabric next year. Just because a plant goes entirely brow does not mean that it won't come back beautiful in the spring. I will trim the banana's most likely this weekend but on all others no trimming until the end of February. I am a little worried about my variegated Banana as I have had them for 30 years and even now they are so rare. I will let you know in the future if they do alright. I cut the grass today, well at least the backyard, and no sadly, it is not very green this time of year. I am ready for spring as I want to plant a lot of California Daisy,{the lighter colored one} as I have figured out that they are inexpensive and bloom all spring and summer. I have been concerned for some of the folks in the Villages as many people have sadly been sold many tropicals and their plants are devastated. I was in the Villages this morning and was shocked at how much damage, so I think I really need to talk more about the importance of choosing the right plant for your county. Over the holiday's I cleaned the Koi pond and it looks so good. In addition, I pressure cleaned all of the boulders and it looked awesome until the bananas froze! But I digress. All plants have their time to shine so the sunken garden I figure needs about 2 months to reach full optimum beauty, but it will probably be before that. Yes, I remain optimistic!