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Resist pruning rose bushes until February

As I was preparing to write this month’s column, I heard a weather forecast for our region, warning of a severe cold storm coming out of Canada. I spread old bed sheets over my most vulnerable plants to help them withstand the cold and hoped for the best.

On New Year’s Eve Day, I awoke to a strange light outside – almost bright as daylight – and looking out my upstairs bedroom window saw an inch and a half of snow, with flakes still falling and thrashing about in the strong north wind. Well, there was nothing to do at that hour, so back to my warm bed! A few hours later, most of th...

 

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