This has been a hailstorm year in Northern Colorado: my much-beloved perennials have been stripped, torn and battered three times so far, and it’s only the first week of “official” summer! What astonishes me, though, is how quickly the plants recover. How can it be that Wednesday morning’s flattened carnage can spring back into full, luxuriant health by Saturday afternoon? Despite the scarred, stripped foliage, the still-bare stems, new leaves spring up and drenched buds