Re: drainage & survival was: Artemesia Oriental Limelight and more winter kill
- Subject: Re: drainage & survival was: Artemesia Oriental Limelight and more winter kill
- From: "Marge Talt" m*@hort.net
- Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 01:31:31 -0400
Merri, the more I hear and read, the more it seems to me that a
sandy, fast draining soil can make a whale of a difference in whether
some plants survive winter. Not having that kind of soil, I cannot
testify from experience, but it appears that ''iffy" plants often
survive if they have perfect drainage and no wet stays around their
crowns.
Those gardening on sandy soil in colder climates need to chime in
here about what 'tender' type plants they have managed to grow in the
ground.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Merri Morgan <mmorgan@wcgnet.net>
>
> Paul, my C. 'Sweet Dreams' did survive the coldest, wettest,
snowiest winter
> we have had in years here in zone 5b with no special care. I may
just have
> been lucky, or it may have been my sandy, fast draining soil.
> Merri Morgan
> Zone 5b, WV
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