In fall of last year, I planted two small Frostweeds (Verbesina virginica) that were dug out of a friend’s garden.
This plant is known for forming ribbons of ice sculptures when the stems split during their first hard freeze of the winter. My plants are so young that I didn’t know whether I’d see that, but one of them has obliged.
After a night when the overnight low was 21.7 degrees F, the taller plant with a woodier stem did split to reveal this ice formation. Bigger plants make more spectacular structures, but this is special because it’s my first!
As an update, here are two more photos. The first was taken a few hours after the ones above; the second was taken the following morning.
Rewilding My Lot 
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