Re: Florida
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Florida
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 12:23:18 -0500
In a message dated 96-03-28 07:56:39 EST, you write:
> Killer frost last night - I lost some periennials that were in
> with my Siberians which look ice-covered (the teeny part that is
> visible (1/2 in. green on a few stalks) but White Triangles is
> looking bad for the first time - no green anywhere.
>
> A good friend of mine decided a long time ago that we are lucky
> to have grow flowers (any flowers) and we both want to grow hardy,
> northern plants but I knew I should have tried to cover some last
> night - at 5:30 a.m., it was 4 degrees above zero. I was out with
> a parka & sweats on my knees doing my 'examinations'. What a nut.
>
>> I have a few Japanese iris. I see the foliage is starting to grow.
>
> The only good thing about last night is the wonderful snow-cover
> in my back gardens - Japanese I. are still protected.
Ellen, don't feel lonely....this morning, March 29, it snowed in northern
Virginia!!!! But only briefly so it melted. Now it is raining, as it did
all day yesterday. Clarence Mahan
