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| Aucuba at 10:07 a.m. on February 4, 2011 |
Since Tuesday, my aucuba have looked like this. Goners waiting to turn to green slime. I didn't cover them because last year, my garden guru
Bob Webster said that aucuba foliage doesn't need protection and that it would recover if I refrained from touching it. During the three-day freeze in 2010, the aucuba never drooped so I applied Bob's advice this year, but maybe I should have factored in the wind chill.
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| Aucuba at 12:10 p.m. on February 4, 2011 |
Ye of little faith. By 12:10 pm the freeze broke and all five plants perked up as if nothing had happened. Never doubt the guru.
I can't say the same for the firespike in the lower right of the other picture. It was a
cutting from MomMom that I've been nurturing since June. I mulched it so now I'm waiting to see what spring brings.
