[Today's Weather]

It was -4.3C overnight, noticing various frost damage to 'hardy' trees and plants, e.g. opening horse chestnut leaves look rather brown

8.8C max but several brief showers dropped the temp to about 4C several times.

Like last two evenings, it's falling away very fast at sunset, 4.9C now.

[When Do You Plant Your Bedding Plants For Summer?]

Early June is soon enough here for the really tender stuff.

Even then things will often need covering on borderline nights.

It's not just the risk of totsl destruction, a lot of the really soft plants like runner beans or french marigolds don't like being checked by temps below about 5C.

Others like pelargoniums are tougher and can even cope with ground frosts.

[Today's Weather]

The 90th air frost since the autumn here tonight, with it currently -0.6º.

-0.4C here by the east coast, not especially a frost hollow either.