RE: now weather, Pam's-Progress on the garden wall

That's probably why your cannas do so well. Up here, if you dig cannas
too soon, before the tops have really blackened, they won't cure well.
It's warmer underground then above and your cannas are probably getting
a reasonable amount of cold treatment but not as severe as they'd get up
here.

Kitty
> Nope - cannas are tough. Remember, they survive up at Jesse's in frosty
> zone 6. Even the (well-watered) lemon tree seems to still be alive. I
> got tired of hauling it in and out of the house. Yesterday the high was
> 34 degrees. That's our normal LOW temperature this time of year. Gross
> weather. Supposed to be back up to 60 by tomorrow afternoon. It bloody
> well better be, this is ridiculous! It got down to 15 here once and the
> cannas were fine.
> 
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Donna " <justme@prairieinet.net>
> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date:  Wed, 7 Jan 2004 06:16:03 -0600
> 
> >So I am curious Pam.... is this really rare temps for you? Are your
> >plants going to survive this type of weather? Like your cannas, are they
> >going to be mush now?
> >
> >Donna
> >
> >> 
> >> Yep.  We've been making those jokes all week.  23 this morning.  And
> >> that's in Terrell, colder out in my area.  bbrrrrr.
> >
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