We had planted this gift from Ann Hart the previous Fall and were pleased to see it come up again in May 2014.

Insects on the frost flower plant. We were surprised at how tall the plant grew--over 3 feet--and the interesting flowers. (September 2014)

Frost plant flowers

One of the flower heads on the frost plant

More frost plant flowers

Frost plant flower

Here's the 'pecan tree bed' in which we planted the frost flower--it's the tall plant in back, to the left of the security sign.

Another view of the pecan tree bed

Frost flower plant in upper right corner of photo

On the night of Nov 11-12, we had our first hard freeze and I got up early (for me) and went out to check the plant. Sure enough, frozen liquid had burst through the base of the plant.

'Frost' bursting through the base of the frost plant after a hard freeze.

Another view of the frost

Base of the frost plant

Here's a view of the whole plant.

The weather stayed cold all day, so I went out again this morning (Nov 13) and found even more frost had extruded from the base of the plant.

Interesting pattern of frost forced out of the base of the plant

Another view

Beautiful frost flower