I had a groundhog problem. It minced a Japanese Salix, a Snowball Verbinum, and much more.

I caught and got rid of the groundhogs but not before I relocated the snowball and salix plants.

The salix is still alive but it never got a chance to thrive before fall came and now it's 20 deg.outside.

The snowball lost every flower and potential flower thanks to that groundhog. I moved it to a safer and also less acid area and its leaves also seemed to get munched by some kind of pest. Now it's winter and the leaves are alltotally gone. I never noticed any berries , never got a single flower after the groundhog ate the stems and buds.

My question is, do you think these two plants, esp. the snow ball are doomed? Is there anything I can do to help them along over the winter and then in the spring.

The jerk animal also got to my black lace. They are still tiny becuase he treated my garden like a salad bar.