The first freeze hit my garden this weekend. The coleus were hardest hit, their fragile "stain-glass" leaves shriveled and brown from the frost. The Portulacas - succulent by nature also wither in the frigid climate so removed from their native Mexico. However the Geraniums thrive as hardily in frostiness as well as they do in the burning heat of summer. The silver dust Cineraria with uncanny lacy but robust leaves is another survivor. So I am left to play one of two roles; Circumspect Gardener who tends to the needs of the flora as determined by the seasons. Or the Goddess Gardener who allows the whims of temperature to destroy or incubate as it will. Think I'm shooting for the latter.
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