Re: drainage & survival was: Artemesia Oriental Limelight and more winter kill

Marge,  this sandy soil I now garden in is different than the rest of the
soil around here in WV--clay--and different from any other I had ever
gardened in in 40 years of gardening.  It forced me to learn an entirely
different palette of plants as I searched for drought resistant plants.  I
am pleased to say  my dryland western Agastaches came through the coldest,
wettest winter we have had here in years, thanks in no small part, I'm sure,
to that sandy soil.
Merri Morgan
Zone 5b, WV
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 1:31 AM
Subject: Re: drainage & survival was: Artemesia Oriental Limelight and more
winter kill


>
> 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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