My sympathies for all those years of hard work. I certainly hope to hear you post later that, at the least, a couple survived. This weather is a surprise, isn't it?

Thank you Deanna. I knew we'd get hit, so I'd been watching weather reports closely. Until yesterday. :*( I didn't even take cuttings this year. :****(

Hearty,
Sorry to hear about your loss I know first hand what a disappointment that can be, but the good news is this totally gives you an excuse (unwritten LAWof gardening) to go out and splurge on replacement plants!!

Mehearty - hopefully, before you tossed them, you waited a few hours and looked at the bottom of the plants to see if any leaves were spared the wrath of frost. I save geraniums for 4-5 years by doing what you've done (housed in the winter) and have also experienced that heart-wrenching "OMG" what have I done? feeling knowing the temps dipped way too low when the plants were left outside on my deck. In some cases, the larger soft, frost-crumpled leaves protected some of the smaller leaves underneath and the plant survived when I brought it back into the house and trimmed off the frost-affected leaves. 35 degrees probably did not freeze the root system. I'd bring them into warm temps for another few days and see what happens before you pull a "baby out with the bathwater". Won't hurt to try.

Kindly,
Jane

P.S. I'm zone 6 and do not put mine outside until almost the middle of May and only if the night temps are hovering around 50.

Thank you, everyone. I knew you all would get it. The p lants are in an insulated garage now where they spend the nights during their hardening off period. The only "damage" I can see right now is some of them now have extremely shiny leaves. What the heck is that all about? I don't know whether to expect a slow death or perhaps they were hardened off enough?

Jane, I like to get 'em out a little early because the birds makes nests in them. Awwwwww There are all sorts of pairs of birds outside right now, and I know they'd love to make a nest in the plants on my p orch.

Babbling here ....come to think of it, last year we had a few late frost warnings, and I dared not mess with one of the p lants because there was already a nest in it. We never got a hard frost, but the plant survived those cold nights. So maybe there's hope.

Runktrun, shopping for new plants would certainly ease a little pain. =)

Thank you.

(ps, I try to put extra spaces in a few key words, because those wierd links show up with certain words).