Re: gardenwriters Digest, Vol 74, Issue 7

**N* S* <s*@earthlink.net>**

I agree with Carolyn that this plant would have been toast had she  
not brought it in.  We have had heavy snow cover all winter, then  
poof, in three days the temps climbed into the high 40s and low 50s  
and the snow was gone. The freeze and snow came so fast last  
November,  the ground never really froze so given a 40 degree plus  
sunny day or two,  plants in micro climates leaf out.  I had a Johnny  
Jump Up bloom in a side walk crack. Last week we had 50 degrees in  
the am and single digets over night. Those tender little leaves would  
have been toast. Also, it's my sense the varigated Monet is more  
tender than its brothern and needs uber protection.

NANCY SZERLAG

On Mar 3, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Jane Milliman wrote:

> I would leave it right where I found it. I have a similar unheated
> space and just let the "outdoor" plants living there for the winter
> develop as they will. Everything starts to need water after a while
> but other than that, they're fine.
> Jane
>
>
> On Mar 3, 2009, at 1:21 PM, gardenwriters-request@lists.ibiblio.org
> wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Went to the front door to get the Chicago Trib this a.m. and there,
>>> in the unheated spot between my two front doors where a pair of My
>>> Monets have sat for the last 4 months, lo and behold,  one of them
>>> was totally covered with sprouting leaves. So I took it to the
>>> kitchen to give it a drink and now I guess I've got a houseplant
>>> for the next month or so. Hopefully I can start letting it make
>>> short visits to  the enclosed & unheated back porch in April.
>>> Anybody have a better idea? Any other signs of burgeoning spring
>>> out there?
>
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