What can you do if your landscape flowers are freeze-damaged
or dead from the cold?

"Very little," said Paul Thomas, an Extension
Service horticulturist with the
University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences.

Thomas offers these helpful hints:

• Remove dead tissues soon. They can lead to infections
  when the weather warms. Tan, brown
  or black tissue won’t recover. If it’s half green, don’t
  bother it.
• Keep plants dry if you can. You can’t stop the rain, but
  don’t water or wash the plant.
  And don’t fertilize until spring. Give the wounds time to
  heal.
• Watch for disease signs such as shrinking stems, black
  areas or brown patches that grow
  bigger on leaves or stems. If you see them, check with your
  county agent for proper
  fungicide recommendations.