It snowed here too... the nice thing about the snow is being able to tell that my pond heater is working. that's the second picture.

Hi everybody,
here in Milan (northern Italy) temps now go from +7/8 °C down to -4/-5. My trees are on a sheltered balcony, so I'm keeping my 2 Chinese Elms outside without any issue and I cover my two Olives with a non-woven fabric (trees + pots).
However, I've got a question: I've recently bought a small Chinese Ash (Fraxinus Chinensis)… however, though the European Ash is perfect for temperate climates like mine, I read that the Chinese Ash is actually an indoor plant.
I don't really like keeping trees indoor… just my Ficus retusa.
Anybody has got some experience with Chinese Ash?
Thank you all!

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-28C hardiness..

Not that it is a competition but here in North Dakota, USA were gonna hit -28F (-33C) in a few days. Needless to say, my trees are not outside.

Shermanator wrote:

Not that it is a competition but here in North Dakota, USA were gonna hit -28F (-33C) in a few days. Needless to say, my trees are not outside.

that is COLD!

Here we are heading into the wonderfull world of night time one degree frost. Day time one degree thaw. And rain.

leatherback wrote:

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-28C hardiness..

Thank you LB… it's funny how most websites I've found googling the internet state this is an indoor tree!!!
OK so no worries, my Chinese Ash has already happily joined the rest of the little guys' team… outside!

leatherback wrote:

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that is COLD!

Here we are heading into the wonderfull world of night time one degree frost. Day time one degree thaw. And rain.[/quote]

I hear ya, I was hoping the snow would hang around a bit longer. Any of you have experience with white pine's rootballs freezing? So far it was only the surface... underneath it it was not frozen...from, what I've read, as long as the whole rootball isn't frozen, it should be ok.. but I was wondering what you've all seen.

Ricky73 wrote:

OK so no worries, my Chinese Ash has already happily joined the rest of the little guys' team… outside!

Do you know that plants cannot be moved into the frost when they are not used to it?
Hardiness is build up over the fall. The plant changes the fysiology in response to increasingly cold periods and shorter days. IF your plants has been indoors during the fall, they CANNOT stand frost!