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Newbie question about a light frost tonight

MDPicci
10 years ago

Hi,

This forum has been so helpful to me as a newbie gardener!

The temperature tonight is predicted to be about 37 degrees. Of course, I just spent this weekend putting out a huge bunch of new flowers and veggies.

I'm not sure what to do about the perennials. Most of them I started from seed or were nursery purchases, so they are young. Some were on the property already.

I have SO much to cover tonight. Most of the info on frost tolerance talks about survival, not damage to foliage and flowers. I would love not to cover up everything in all my gardens and prioritize what's most important. I was wondering if any of you would be willing to tell me which of the following I ought to do first:

Blue-eyed grass
Achillea
Scabiosa (various kinds)
Cupid's Dart
Hardy geraniums (Rozanne, Bill Wallis)
Baptisia
Dahlia
Dianthus
Kniphofia
Lupine
Sea holly
Lavender

There are also a bunch of well-established hostas, and some sedum. Autumn Joy and a couple of others I can't identify.

If anyone could help, I would appreciate it! Now I'm going to post the same kind of post over at the annuals forum....

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