Mid-Atlantic Gardening: October blooms, 1 by ROSES_R_RED

ROSES_R_RED wrote:
So many of your gardens still look great! I am in 6a but except for the roses and some ground covers, everything else is kaput. When I look at my neighbor across the way (most of my neighbors have beautiful professional landscaping but no gardens that need lots of upkeep) I wonder what I am doing in the mud digging up all these tender bulbs. I have a garage full of muddy wet bulbs that need to dry out before i start wrapping in newspaper. I read somewhere that peat moss dries them out too much. I don't know which of the expert advice is best but the newspaper seems easiest for me so I'll try this method.

Unfortunately, I only know which are begonia, dahlia and canna; but I don't know their names. I would be very happy to see them all bloom again next year so that I can try to match them up with the names on my orders.

My limelight hydrangea is one of the things that still looks good at this time of year.