Re: Perennials In High Temps/Humidity
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- Subject: Re: Perennials In High Temps/Humidity
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 00:44:05 -0400
Would love to get my hands on those books...some day! There are many
plants who don't do well in the extreme south because they don't get
the amount of chilling they need during dormancy.
Where I am isn't what I'd call extreme south - S. Carolina, Georgia,
Louisiana, etc. are much different climates than mine, tho' mine
falls into 'south' because of the hot, humid summer conditions (plus
the fact that I'm just south of the Mason-Dixon line). I'm sort of
at the north end of a lot of plant's ranges and the south end of
others, so get to play Russian roulette with plants to see if they
will live here.
Have little trouble growing plants rated to zones 5 and 6 and some
4's...it's those plants who live comfortably in zones 2 and 3 that
seem to not tolerate my climate. If there is a correlation between
this and their repeated demise in my garden, then I figure I can use
that zone designation as a red flag when it comes to considering
plants, if you see what I mean. But, I may be out of my cotton
pickin' mind and that's what I'm trying to find out:-)
Now, if your night time temps stay up, next question is can you grow
Cornus canadensis and what about Alchemilla alpina? And how's your
humidity in summer? High, medium or low? Ours is the kind that
walking out the door feels like you're entering a steam room, even if
there hasn't been rain for a month...instant perspiration while
standing stock still.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: BOB CAMPBELL <llebpmac_bob@hotmail.com>
> Date: Friday, May 19, 2000 3:10 AM
>
> Check the first edition (may be in the second but as it is
incredibly
> expensive I don't know) of Alan Armitage's Herbaceous Perennial
Plants. He
> is in Georgia, and is very good about indicating which ones are not
good in
> southern climates. There are of course quite a few of them. He
puts a zone
> number to it if he has sufficient information.
> And no, they don't usually go down to below 75 and certainly not 70
during
> July and August.
>
> Bob Campbell
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