Texas Gardening: It would't be Fall without Goldenrod., 0 by jackieshar

jackieshar wrote:
I hope Rita didnt make too big a mess in your gardens. Insurance protects my worldly things, but Lord it would break my heart to loose my gardens...I think of the beautiful gardens I once saw in New orleans and I grieve ...


That's what everyone has been advising me....not to cut anything back till spring...this is a first year garden, we just built the house last year..........boy, that is gonna be hard as it looks so awful right now..and up by the house all winter, naked like, .......but i will make the sacrifice to have good plants again in the spring...

my canyon daisy was almost 6 ft tall...it didnt freeze just got frosted a bit, enough not to bloom..I bought it as a small plant this spring....I just fell in love with the fragrance , I don't care if it ever blooms.........The bush sage was 5X5 and blooming so beautifully.I had just cut some for an arrangement with artemisia and canna leaf the day before........I was really hoping for seed from that one...I will mulch everything well and hope for the best

thanks for the good advice,
jackie