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March 27, 2009

Winter Burn

Guest blogger Joannah Hill on hellebores:

If your hellebores look particularly tatty this year they are likely suffering from winter burn. The harsh winds and temperatures we experienced this winter can leave the foliage looking brown or even black. Cut the damaged leaves off at the base to make room for new growth and flower stalks.

Photo credit: Joannah Hill

Posted by Joannah Hill at 9:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)
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When you say cut them at the base, do you mean all the way at the ground or where the leaves meet the stem?

Cut the burned leaves at ground level--Susan

Posted by: Lisa M | March 29, 2009 12:44 PM

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About Susan Reimer

Susan Reimer has spent 16 years writing about raising kids - among other topics - in her column for The Baltimore Sun. And every time son Joseph or daughter Jessie passed another milestone - driver's license, college, wedding or a move to a new military duty station - she has planted another garden. Now she will be writing about those gardens - and yours - here on Garden Variety.

Susan isn't an expert gardener, but she wasn't an expert mother, either. Both - the kids and the gardens - seem to be doing well in spite of her.

She lives in Annapolis with her husband, Gary Mihoces, who loves to cut his grass but has noticed that there seems to be less of it every time the kids pass another milestone.

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