CULT: SDB's cold requirement
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- Subject: CULT: SDB's cold requirement
- From: J* C*
- Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 00:54:44 GMT
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>Never tried FOREVER BLUE simply because I'm still trying SDB's as a
> >whole. I'm clearly going to have to treat them to an ice dump or two
> >through our "winter" because it's never sure if we'll have one that's
> >more like a zone 7 or a zone 8...(we really are on the border of >both).
> We did have a fair amount of freezing temps (that didn't >last) and one
>surprising dump of snow (ditto for lasting) this past >winter, but my SDB's
>were all too new and don't think ready to bloom.
>Janet Natale
>zone 8(7?) of SC, Myrtle Beach, but not THAT CLOSE to the beach.
Although I don't really understand the US zoning system, I have been told
that this area is equivalet to US zone 9. Our minimum winter temps are round
minus 5 deg celcius, we very rarely have any snow fall (once every 5 years,
or so, and it doesn't settle on the ground) but we get plenty of frosts.
My SDB's grow and flower very well. They like a sunny position, and a cool
root run, so I use a little mulch, not too close to the rhizomes.
Perhaps you will have more luck with them, once they are established.
Cheers, Jan Clark, Australia
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