Re: plant lust/then longest blooming/now: Night Rescues
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- Subject: Re: plant lust/then longest blooming/now: Night Rescues
- From: L* R*
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 19:55:25 -0600
Val, about this fall planting concept...
I have lived on the west coast of Canada for 14 years, and before that in
Ontario Canada where it is mighty chilly in the winters. Since I've lived
in 'la-la' land here on the Pacific Ocean, I have had few good tales about
fall planting. I have learned the expensive way that you really must get
your new perennials in by mid October - after that, not enough time to
establish before the winter rains and frosts. But, no problem with
planting shrubs, fruit tress/bushes! We put 14 hydrangea Nikko Blue in
last month, as part of our back yard 'fence', and they were very happy
before they dropped their leaves for the winter.
lorraine
B.C. Canada
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> From: lowery@teamzeon.com
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: plant lust/then longest blooming/now: Night Rescues
> Date: Monday, December 21, 1998 12:26 PM
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> Valerie Lowery@ZEON
> 12/21/98 01:26 PM
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> All of this talk about early snows and cold snaps has me wondering about
> the conventional thought of planting new stuff in the fall of the year.
> I've learned the hard way that planting in the fall is not a good thing
> here in KY (unless we're talking bulbs, of course). I've lost a lot of
> stuff this way by our constantly swinging weather. Example: it's about
> near 60 today with a high of about 30 tommorrow. This is a typical
pattern
> and can cause heaving if you don't mulch well. It can also trick your
> young plants into thinking it's spring and they'll have fragile new
growth
> that will surely die.
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> I plant newbies in the spring when the other plants are up and forming
> little rosettes of leaves. Granted it might not show much the first
year,
> but at least it has a chance of coming back the following years.
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> Anyone else debunk the "plant-in-the-fall" rule? Is this just a regional
> thing? I find that most gardening books are written by people who live
> along the coasts and not by those living in regions such as mine.
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> Val in KY
> zone 6a
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