Ficus Below Zero

Hi,

I live in Athens Greece and I have a few ficus plants. During winter the temperature dropped below zero and my plants lost all their leaves.
Are the plants dead or they can recover?
How should I treat them regarding watering placement etc.

Thank you in Advance for any advice.

Faethon

 

Which species of Ficus are they? Some (e.g. Ficus carica) can tolerate frost and are naturally deciduous, some others can't.

 

Hi Michael,

Thanks for replying to my question,

All of them are the same but I am not sure which variety is that. The leaves look like this pic.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...n&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image&cd=2

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...n&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image&cd=3

So I guess it may be
Ficus benjamina

F

 

That one is fairly tender. It may recover, perhaps most likely from thicker basal branches. Any shoots that are still leafless at the end of this summer will be dead and can be pruned out.

 

Thank you Michael