Re: zone 7 plants in zone 4???
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- Subject: Re: zone 7 plants in zone 4???
- From: B* R*
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 00:50:28 -0500
I looked up the source for "The Winter Blanket"
Laughton Horticulture 800-692-7732
At 12:16 AM 02/16/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>The secret is to use plastic foam covers which look similar to the wrapping
>used in shipping (not the bubble type). It is sold by wholesale greenhouse
>suppliers for that purpose. Use as many layers as u want. The idea is to
>get to ground temperature. Bales of straw work very well also. But, nothing
>is perfect.
>
>At 10:44 AM 02/15/2000 EST, you wrote:
>>Hi all,
>>I just looked for the hardiness info in Asiatica's newest catalog (before I
>>was quoting from their Spring 99 catalog). They say that "even some Zone 7
>>perennials can be grown in Zone 4 in areas with consistent heavy snow
>cover.
>>A heavy layer of loose conifer branches in December will also allow you to
>>push hardiness."
>>
>>Zone 7 plants in Zone 4??? Wow! Before I go overboard buying all those
>>plants I've only looked at wishfully up till now, has anyone had experience
>>with growing plants from 2 or even 3 zones warmer than theirs?? Hmmm, how
>do
>>we make sure the heavy snow comes??
>>
>>For those without the consistent snow cover, I also read in The Unsung
>>Season, Gardens and Gardeners in Winter, that Elliot Coleman uses a
>>cold-frame inside a plastic-covered hoop house extend his growing season in
>>Harborside, Maine. Coleman says "One layer of protection, either the cold
>>frame alone or the greenhouse by itself, moves you a zone and a half to the
>>south, and the second layer moves you another zone and a half to the
south.
>>So you walk into the greenhouse, and you're in New Jersey. You reach your
>>hand into the cold frame, and you're in Georgia. It's as simple as that."
>>
>>Coleman uses this method for his vegetables, so it might not be that
helpful
>>for our perennials. But maybe in the fall we can pot up some of those
>>beautiful wild gingers (Asarums) or Asian jack-in-the-pulpits (Arisaema)
and
>>all kinds of other beauties?
>>
>>Cindy Johnson
>>White Bear Lake, MN
>>zone 4a
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>Butch Ragland So. Indiana zone 5
>
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Butch Ragland So. Indiana zone 5
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