Don’t plant those flowers just yet. Temps to reach freezing in Myrtle Beach area

The recent warm weather may have sent residents to local garden stores to stock up on plants, but you may want to hold off on putting them into the ground just yet.

Those warm temps are deceiving and a new cold front moving through the area Thursday could cause those new flowers to die before the first bud blooms.

Pollen has coated vehicles, homes and along the streets in the Myrtle Beach area this week as trees and plants have responded to temperatures that have reached into the upper 70s. However, residents can expect that to change Thursday evening as things begin to cool rapidly, brining with it showers and storms with winds up to 40 mph…

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