I can't believe, that on Dec. 4th, we still haven't had a freeze. I once read, some years ago, that our first average frost date was supposed to be Oct. 20. I think it has become a little later in the last few years. I usually have gotten by untl Election Day. (varies Nov. 2 to 8)
Here is one of my Basjoos, in the ground, on Dec. 4.
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Some of the leaves got broken, but that was from the weight of the snow, during the freak storm we had on Oct, 29, and not from the cold.