Re: need advice bare-root perennial

**"* P* <R*@Comcast.net>**

If it is truly a perennial geranium that comes up every year, she can 
definitely plant it in the ground and quickly, before the ground freezes. 
I'm in a 5b area also. Because it is shipped dormant, I would advise adding 
a liquid root stimulator along with good planting soil when she plants it so 
it will get a jump start on roots during the winter. Make sure she plants it 
at the same level it was grown and spread out the roots as much as possible 
when she plants it.

Sandie Parrott

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judy Lowe" <hardbackwryter@yahoo.com>
To: <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 4:26 PM
Subject: [GWL] need advice bare-root perennial

Someone in our office was selling bulbs for his daugher's school. And 
someone ordered a perennial geranium from the list, which arrived bare root. 
What should she do now? She lives outside Boston (probably Zone 5B) and if 
her area hasn't had a frost yet, it will soon. Should she try to grow it as 
a houseplant over winter? Plant outside and see if it comes up next spring?

I've had no experience with bare-root perennials in fall and wouldn't have 
ordered them myself, figuring that fall planting would be iffy. But I figure 
that someone on this list -- maybe everyone -- knows more than I on this 
topic and can help my co-worker.

Thanks so much,
Judy Lowe
http://features.csmonitor.com/gardening

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