Can plants that have been frost bitten come back to
life? Apparently yes, and apparently they were not killed by the frost. My blue
delphiniums were really dead except for one stem of flowers, which is now in a
vase. The rest of the plant was squish.
However, halfway through cutting back the bee balm, I
realized it had come back to life. Early this morning it was wilted. By 11
a.m., it was rejuvenated.
Instead of cutting back everything on the other side,
I looked to see what had not come back. That meant the ornamental peppers got
pulled up. The sedum, pink phlox, and bleeding heart were left for another day.
Out front, just the peppers were pulled up. The
petunia, that insists on growing, was left in the ground. It’s so determined
that it deserves to be left in the ground until it succumbs on it’s own terms.
Looks like there will be another cutting back in the
garden. Not what I had planned. Wish now I had left the bee balm!
