[ohioWfan]

How do you cover daffodils without crushing them, Miss Marple?

We should be fine tonight, but tomorrow will kill them, as well as the tulips if I can't figure something out.

[Miss Marple]

I am giving up on the daffodils andcutting them for Easter decorations. To save my tulips, I will cover them with a mix of dirt, mulch, and leaves and then top them with a flower pot.

I will be outside as soon as the sun is up tomorrow. Mums are especially in peril, because this is their most vulnerable time. I will be covering them with about 4-5 inches of topsoil I bought at a garden center today.

Roses are going to be cut back and then covered with dirt and one of those foam pots that look like stoneware. Hostas are getting the dirt-pot treatment as well. Most of the daylilies are going to have to fend for themselves. They may lose some leaves but will send up new growth before blooming time.

This is a big project because I have many, many flower beds.