PlantFiles Pictures: Blazing Star, Narrow Leaf Gayfeather, Narrow-Leaf Gayfeather, Cusp Gayfeather (L, 1 by Toxicodendron

Toxicodendron wrote:
No, it has not been cold...it hit 32 a couple of times and zapped the coleus but I still have cannas and a few impatiens going. It is supposed to get down in the 20's Saturday, so that should be the end of the flowers except for the greenhouse. Strangely, my forsythia is still blooming and so is a rhododendron and a primula.
I dug my potted alstroemeria and put it in the greenhouse; it has a new shoot on it that looks real good.
The plectranthus is still not killed, but I cut it way back and am rooting the pieces for next year. It is still blooming prolifically in the greenhouse (a piece I rooted and potted earlier this fall).
We just had about 3 inches of rain last night and today. Water is standing out in the low spots of the yard and the creek was up pretty good.
It might take you quite a while to get better...don't overdo it. Gradually build up your strength again.
I will be 50 in a couple of weeks, and I've found that each year I get a little weaker, so you have got to expect that, too. What fun!
Here is a bug picture for you, I took it the other day. This camellia ('Yuletide') is still outside, but I will have to bring it in soon.