I'm a little late to the game on this, but we are experiencing a freeze here in the PNW and we are on day 4. January was quite warm, so everything has already gotten started on spring growth.
My beautiful and established Cora Louise itoh peony already has some hefty shoots on it (maybe 5 inches long?). Is there anything I can do to protect them at this point? I mulched the base of he plant last week, I had thought this would be a one day occurrence, but I woke up this morning to the third morning sub 30 degrees!
Any reassurance or ideas?
I have a few smaller itohs, the most promising of which had it's main shoot chomped by an animal (argh!) yesterday, so, I am panicing I will not be able to enjoy peony blooms this spring in my garden. Thanks!
