Hello and happy fall!

So - who has had a frost yet? Not here, but far northern New Hampshire has according to the weatherman. During a nursery crawl, I found a white American Burnet (sanguisorba ? alba), which now makes up the new end of the "D" bed (once a semicircle, now a long, uneven semi oval). I moved a few small daylilies in and a geranium - Espresso and Walter Funke Achillea (found on same crawl). A few tulip bulbs and a few hens and chicks and it looks like it has been there for ever!

In the back, I've picked the spot for tiarellia Jeepers Creepers - mislabelled as an annual and purchased for a song!

What is the general concensus on fall clean up - leave the leaves or bare ground? Anything might be bird food or winter interest stays, 50% of the daylily foliage stays (more if it tender or very new to the garden), other things cleaned up completely. Mulching is over bare ground only - I'll work the push mower to get the leaves and grass and sometimes raid the bags of leaves left by the road.

Well, house work calls!
Cheryl

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Cheryl Isaak
Londonderry, NH
AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
growing, stitching and reading in NH

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