Re: Winter interest
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Winter interest
- From: N* L*
- Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 22:25:19 CST
Donna wrote:
>I'm crying because the weather predicted for the week-end is in the
>20's
>
>do you think if I covered the magnolia's and maybe the wild azelia's
>that are in bud, would they survive the cold assuming that it did
not
>stay cold for more than a night or two.
I like to use bed sheets for such an occasion (which seems to occur in
the upper south at least once each winter!) How well it works depends
upon how cold it gets. We had a late freeze last spring, down into the
teens, and I still lost magnolia and bletilla blossoms. And, wouldn't
you know, the dumb things are going to do the same thing againthis year!
I covered the bletilla that's sprouting with several inches of pine
straw Sunday, hoping to convince them to go back to sleep...
Nancy Lowe
Arkansas, zone 7
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