🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <76jrrp$g07@sjx-ixn9.ix.netcom.com>,
  Frayed <frayed@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> In article <1999Jan1.165246@ssrl.slac.stanford.edu>,
> 	meier@ssrl.slac.stanford.edu wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Just wanted to say thanks for the word on pruning after the freeze.
> >
> >I'll try to keep in mind that I'm doing the best I can for the plants by
> >leaving them alone.
> >
> >
>
>  But we have to clean up the dead stuff...btw, I am very curious: which
> plants of yours DID survive?
>
> My live or seemingly live list:
> Pansies
> Forget Me Nots
> Lavendar
> Parsley, Oregano, Rosemary, Mint
> Hydrangea (I think it is in a deep coma :(  )
> Roses (I hope)
> Delphinium
> Foxglove
>
> Karen
> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Keep/4949/KarenI.htm



Yes....*but*...


often until late winter, early spring, you wont know if a branch or stem is
really, really dead, or would have been the basis for a massive recovery of
the plant had it not been removed. Just because something looks black or dead
doesn't always mean it's necessarily dead. Even herbaceous plants should be
allowed to "melt" completely before removing or cleaning up. I know it's hard
to resist! It's almost intolerable to walk through the garden and not snip
this ugly brown bit or that yellowed stem. But resist you must... at least
until late February or early March.


Cheers and Happy new years,

David Deutsch
Gondwana Gardens
http://www.gondwana.org

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