Re: Frost Dates & Plants
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Frost Dates & Plants
- From: t*@linkfast.net (Leslie L. Smith)
- Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 17:23:15 -0600
At 3:49 PM 2/17/99, Maria Nauman wrote:
>....exit the lurking cave....
Yoo Hoo fellow Lurker....
I am not a regular poster, but I will try.
The site I have found to be the most help in finding this sort of info is
vg.com
you can toss in your zip and get your USDA zone. all kinds of instant info.
I don't know what cities are in Central MD so I am sending the whole thing.
I found this:
Find Your Frost Date: MARYLAND
This is generally the latest in Spring and the earliest in Fall your region
experiences frost.
CITY SPRING FALL
Baltimore City 4/21/97 10/19/97
Cambridge 5/06/97 9/30/97
Crisfield Somers Cove 4/18/97 10/19/97
Hagerstown 4/18/97 9/22/97
Laurel 5/05/97 10/05/97
Pocomoke City 5/22/97 9/23/97
Salisbury 5/09/97 9/30/97
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as for the cyclamen I leave that one open. though youcan search for it
there if you do't get a great answer here. (I am sure you will)
>Lastly, I received a perennial primrose as a gift. Can it be planted
>permanently in the garden? If so, when is the best time to do so?
I dont' know the different Primroses but the ones we had (yellow evening)
were started from seed. they were cold hardy, in fact we didnt' know as
they came up in the fall but didn't flower from some wildseed my sister
sent me.
we tossed pine straw over one which ended up stunting it adn left the other
one exposed, it was huge. average temps here can get below 10 in the winter
I don't remember exactly that year. my Granny pulled it up becaseu it got
so big though :(
so no solid facts here just my experiences--
if its not flowering I'd go for it.
--leslie
Master Gardener Intern (Student), Zone 7(b?) low of 9F this year, in Humid,
HUMID Cullman, Alabama.
So much to learn so little time.
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