Re: temperatures and hardiness

Well you might feel otherwise if you couldn't grow it at all! Especially
if you had a birthday in May. It fries here come June. Even in shade and
w/ copious amounts of irrigation. Oh well. That's the trade off for not
having to dig up cannas, glads and dahlias. The latter two are coming up
in Tony's garden bed now. Will wait about a month and take some
pictures. It's really coming along - I believe he'd be pleased.


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Kitty
Sent: 4/12/2004 9:25:38 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] Re: temperatures and hardiness

> Pam,

> I'm sure there's some value in Cathey's heat zones and as you've related it

> does help you.  I'm in USDA Zone 5 for cold and AHS heat zone 5, so it

> doesn't seem to make much of a difference for me.  Still, as Marge pointed

> out - and more or less as a nod to Cathey - there simply is more to growing

> plants than a hardiness zone number.  Cathey took one step, whereas, as

> Marge points out, there are many factors to take into account.  But at least

> he made an attempt and it does help some people.

> 

> And I really wish my Lily of the Valley would just die and stay dead.

> 

> Kitty

> 

> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com>

> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>

> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 8:47 PM

> Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] Re: temperatures and hardiness

> 

> 

> > Well it's of more value here in the South.  It made me understand why

> lily-of-the-valley was always dead by July!

> >

> > Pam Evans

> > Kemp, TX

> > zone 8A

> > ----- Original Message -----

> > From: Marge Talt

> > Sent: 4/12/2004 7:13:26 PM

> > To: gardenchat@hort.net

> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: temperatures and hardiness

> >

> > > > From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>

> > > > > The AHS heat map is, IMO, completely useless.

> > > > Marge, do you suppose that might be why Cathey's $30 book is being

> > > sold off

> > > > for $3 by Hamilton books?

> > > ----------

> > >

> > > LOL, Kitty!  Is it really?  Well, it probably only reflects the hard

> > > realities of the book industry, but I'd say that was more like what

> > > it was really worth;-)

> > >

> > > Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland

> > > mtalt@hort.net

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