One downside of living in a heavily-wooded neighborhood is the abundance of deer and other pests. They decimated our azaleas over the winter but have left us mostly alone this spring. I guess there’s plenty to eat this time of year.
However, we only had our annuals in the ground a couple of days before I found the bare stalks in thid photo. One half-buried leaf remains. It’s as if the leaf dove into the mulch to avoid being eaten by the deer. Time to spray more Deer-Off.