Last weekends snow will have no lasting ill effects for islands gardens, predicts Benita Lambert, a gardener who has lived on the islands for 30 years.
March is the snowiest month here, says Ms Lambert, but "snow is good. It keeps the frost out of the ground. It's good insulation." Cold winds in April can cause more harm than March snow, she says.
Far worse than snow is a cold, dry frost that dehydrates the plants, says Ms Lambert. The cold is "better now than latter, but it would have been better to have it in December or January when everything is dormant."
Ms Lambert predicts the self-seeding annuals and bulbs will recover, but some of the tender perennials that were coming into bud may not flower very well this year.
One good thing about the cold: it kills the slugs. "They've been flourishing all winter," she says, but a cold snap will kill them.