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issue 09 - 2018 COMMON SENSE GARDENING:

How to save those
freeze-damaged plants

fter the devastating freeze, the most
frequent question is: “What in my garden
will rebound?”
Anything displaying damage needs
Ato be cut back or removed. Popular
12 GREEN snap dragons in your garden that looked pretty bad
perennial plants in our area include agapanthus, day lilies,
angelonia, pentas, dianellas and ornamental grasses.
If you are ready to pull your pansies, petunias, violas,
after the freeze, don’t. If you leave them alone for fi ve
GARDEN
to six days, they tend to rally back. Just remember that
when a plant is brown from damage, it will not turn
PARTY
green again. It has to be pruned so it can regrow or
replace dead foliage.
A lot of plants have winter coats (brownish and
reddish fall colors), but if the leaves are shriveled and
brown, they need to be pruned, such as hollies, azaleas
05 08 14 20 and roses.
Tropicals, such as hibiscus and crotons, may or may
ASK BERYL: COMMON STENCIL DECORATIONS GARAGE AND SHED SPRING CLEANING not return. Try cutting them back hard and be patient.
After cleaning out the beds and pruning damaged
SENSE GARDENING 10 ORGANIZATION MADE FOR BETTER HEALTH plants, you should put a fresh layer of quality soil, lightly
06 GREEN SMOOTHIE WITH EASY fertilize and top with fresh mulch. GARDENS SHOULD

AN IRRIGATION AVOCADO 18 STILL BE WATERED.
Nature gives us opportunity to grow. Take
16 cox.net. Beryl Deluzain,
SYSTEM IMPROVES START A WORM advantage of it.
CURB APPEAL & FARM TODAY For a free copy of our pamphlet “Guidelines to
PROTECTS THE & GARDEN Planning your Landscape,” or if you have gardening
ENVIRONMENT TOMORROW questions, email Beryl and her team at rengardens@

EDAMAME owner of Renaissance
Gardens, 9123 W.
Judge Perez Drive,
Chalmette, is a
HUMMUS horticulturist, landscape
designer and licensed
contractor.

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