Re: MED: MDB Bloom Season
From: GWhite & LRader <bentfork@navix.net>
Mark, Maureen wrote:
> From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>
>
> I'm game. I don't know that we could limit it to one in each class -- maybe
> we can agree on two or three. But first we need a few volunteers from each
> zone.
>
Greetings, Count me in on the bloom sequence project. The zone maps indicate
that we are in Zone 5A, but I am in a cold pocket here in Lincoln, so usually
have bloom a few days to a week later than others in our local club. I had the
first MDB bloom yesterday (April 22nd), but I know others in Lincoln with MDBs
blooming for over a week. On the positive side, I have had my garden at peak
bloom a couple of times when others on our local tour were well past peak.
Sometimes, though, its just the opposite situation, but it makes for a more
interesting tour. I usually go with USDA Zone 4 when purchasing perennials and
have not had as many losses as when I bought plants hardy to zone 5. Anyway,
the bloom sequence project is a great idea.
Gary White, in Lincoln, Nebraska, where Linda says that zone 5 is on the south
side of the house and zone 4 on the north side, so I figure that puts the zone
4/5 boundary just south of the fish tank and north of the love seat in our
living room.
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