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Re: Question about Fall Planting, Tenn Z 7

Hi Mark

I personally plant my perennials either from division or seed summer
sowings in the
autumn and spring as well (spring usually for flowering the next summer).

Lara

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> From: Mark Speakman <markspkn@iol.ie>
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Question about Fall Planting, Tenn Z 7
> Date: Monday, 4 August 1997 10:31
> 
> Is there a season for planting perennials ? I have always planted them
> whenever I put my beady eye on them, and with no complaints from the
> plants. I'll be interested to hear the other contributions on this !
> Mark
> markspkn@iol.ie
> Galway, Ireland.
>   
> 
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> > From: Miles, Curtis <miles@hspower.com>
> > To: 'perennials@mallorn.com'
> > Subject: Question about Fall Planting, Tenn Z 7
> > Date: 03 August 1997 21:49
> > 
> > Hello, fellow-gardeners, 
> > I would like to introduce myself by way of this first post, although I
> have learned a lot reading others' posts over the past few months.  I am
a
> fairly new perennial gardener and there is much to learn.  I will be
> visiting my father in Memphis TN, (zone 7?) in October, and want to help
> him prepare small perennial bed(s) for his small space, which contains a
> very large tree that keeps most in shade, or part-shade, and on the dry
> side.  My thought was prepare the soil in the bed(s) this visit, and then

> in a spring visit, help him plant the beds with perennials.  But I'd
really
> like to plant something!
> > 	My question is, is there anything we could fall-plant that would
survive
> over the winter, other than pansies, which aren't really perennials, and
> maybe mums? Bulbs would need to go in later in the winter, I believe. It
> seems I have heard you can plant some perennial plants in the fall, but I
> can't locate the information.  Any ideas here would be much appreciated. 

> > 
> > Barb
> > 
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