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

Lordy!  I can't get canna to survive in the ground here in my "balmy"
(currently about 20F) z 7 garden; they just turn into mush:-(

I think our low is heading for the teens again tonight after 70F last
weekend....survival of the fittest out there in garden land with
roller coaster weather.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Pamela J. Evans <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
> 
> 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.

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