Re: Thanks for the Advice!
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Thanks for the Advice!
- From: t*@linkfast.net (Leslie L. Smith)
- Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 10:00:36 -0600
At 3:55 AM 2/20/99, Marge Talt wrote:
>Frost in Balt: Well, unless a Baltimorian replies,
wellI am not from Baltimore but I had sent this information
several days ago.
I am not sure why it is not acknowledged as close to correct. Originally
Maria only gave her state not her city I won't go to the trouble again.
>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
>
> Copyright 1994-1998 The Virtual Garden , All Rights Reserved
>
>
>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.
"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
- Cicero
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