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Pachysandra wilting in fall?

18 years ago

please help a new gardener -- and one who put a thousand pachy plants down early this spring. As the weather cools (we're by the Mohonk Preserve in New Paltz, and it was 25Â° a few mornings ago) the pachy plants are looking really wilty. I presume they are getting sufficient water. What should they look like as winter sets in?

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Nathaniel

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susanzone5 (NY)
18 years ago
I'm not sure about p. but I do know that similar plants with waxy evergreen leaves like rhododendrons will conserve water when frozen, by curling up and looking wilted. Maybe that's all it is.
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