Here’s what to expect and what to do in your Dallas-Fort Worth garden after an early freeze. Beware that some plants may not have had a chance to “harden.”
We all watched anxiously earlier this week as the freeze line kept dipping farther and farther south across Fort Worth and Dallas and our nearby neighbors. It’s always such a pain to figure which plants need to be covered and which plants need to be moved. Some need to be left to their own devices, and some just get your big, cold kiss of “Goodbye.”
Some of our plants keep growing right up to the first killing frost. It’s then, and only then, that they shut up shop and begin to go dormant for the winter. These are, for the most part, our sub-tropical plants such as Gold Star Esperanza, Mexican bush salvia and several of our popular crape myrtle varieties.
To name names, if you have Natchez, Muskogee, Tuscarora, Sioux or Country Red crape myrtles planted near your home, see if they suffer any dieback over this winter. Many of your perennial plants are going to look singed by the cold, and chances are they’ll need to be trimmed back significantly. Hardy hibiscus come to mind first, but gloriosa daisies, cannas, and fading fall asters are turning it in for the winter in our gardens. They can be trimmed halfway back if that would make things look more tidy, or if need be, cut them back to within an inch or two of the ground. Note: mum plants will soon follow suit, but it may be too early to do that pruning now.
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