While we managed to escape late May frosts until now, the clear skies of tonight resulted in plummeting temperatures. We were greeted in the morning by the unwelcome sight of the entire garden covered in hoar frost! Had a walk through the garden in the evening and luckily found most plants unharmed. Our inherited Pieris, as well as recently planted magnolia's (including the Black Magnolia cultivar i recently raved about) have suffered most, with the young leaves blackened by the frost. I hope they survive and that this was the last we will see of winter 2009-2010! On a positive note, we planted Acaena inermis var. purpurea throughout the purple border last year and this little evergreen (or should it be everpurple?) creeping ground cover appears perfectly hardy and eager to cover vast areas. The foliage is a lovely metallic purple and the leaves carry small dew drops in the mornings just like A. mollis. Little white flowers should occur when planted in sunny spots later in spring. There are several other Acaena species we have planted throughout the garden and i hope to report on these soon.
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