INW: Protecting Wuss Plants From Freeze

“I’ve learned which plants are hardy and which ones are wusses with cold weather,” posts Marianne Love/Slight Detour. “Zinnias are wusses bigtime. So, I was trying to figure out how I was gonna cover my two dozen zinnias, planted in various outdoor beds.” See what Marianne did to save her plants from the freeze last night in Sandpoint here.

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Question: Did you cover your plants last night? Do you plan to do so tonight? Have you ever had a bunch of seedlings or flowers wiped out by a late-spring freeze?