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

And, they do well along the Interstate in Asheville, NC, which gets pretty
cold in winter and has considerable wet.  

Bonnie Zone 6+ ETN




> [Original Message]
> From: Pamela J. Evans <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 01/07/2004 5:29:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] now weather, Pam's-Progress on the garden wall
>
> Maybe cannas need more sun up there Marge because I know they can live
> w/ wet - not that they get that very often here. But Jesse's do ok in
> 6B. And I know your place is fairly shady. They can do w/ shade here
> (like my favorite MG says at my favorite nursery) when gardening books
> (not written by Texans)say a plant needs full sun, they mean full sun in
> CT or VT. Not here. Eva left some of hers in the ground this year
> because that one copy paper box I sent her Spring before last has become
> thousands. She packed them all up last year but ran out of steam to dig
> and tubs to store them in this year. She buried them in mulch and we'll
> see how they do.
>
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date:  Wed, 7 Jan 2004 18:15:57 -0500
>
> >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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