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The night before season's first light frost is expected, cover sensitiven plants with blankets, sheets or protective cloths. Remove protection the next morning. Hardier geraniums and roses may bloom for weeks after the first frosts. Mums, too, may change their color a bit but will keep on blooming. Keep gathering leaves.