Texas Gardening: Fireside chat... Part 3 ... toasting our toes!, 1 by crowellli

crowellli wrote:
Did you get below freezing there Ann? I'm not sure we did, but I'm a little closer in than you are. I was worried about the plants I put in the front garden a few weeks ago, but they seem to have made it through fine. If it got to freezing here, it doesn't appear that anything suffered for it. Of course it might not show up for a few days if it is damaged. Here's the front bed. I planted most of this to fill in after digging out a ton of Black & Blue salvia. That stuff should come with a warning label! I just wanted to fill in the holes and this stuff has really done better than I expected. The roses and Spires salvia are permanent, and the petunias and allysum is filling in until my recently planted daylilies can take off. I can't believe it's all doing this well in January! That big pot is one I found this year for half price at HGC. (Pic taken this morning.)

LindaTx, I cracked up at your night time foraging story. Sounds like me the night I fell through a rose bed when trying to find out what was eating the leaves and whatever it was flew up my nightgown. I know if any of the neighbors saw me they must have thought I was a pagan doing some kind of ritual dance in the middle of the night in the front yard! Who knew gardening could be so funny?

It's a gorgeous day out today. I hope y'all all have a good one and that your plants all make it through.