Re: 'gardeners' in our area are weird because... was Re: decent climate


-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Campbell <rbcamp@neptune.on.ca>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: 'gardeners' in our area are weird because... was Re: decent
climate


>StephanyW@aol.com wrote:
>
>> .
>>
>> It is the same here in GA.  I have never gotten the point in planting
them as
>> annuals so I have never planted any.
>>
>> However, you say they are perennial.  Just leave them and they will come
back?
>
>Depends on the variety of mum.  I have mums that come  back year after
>year in
>zone 4, but they won't all do that.  Many-probably most of the mums you
>buy in
>pots  from florists or at the grocery store are not cold hardy- although
>in
>Georgia I might take a chance on putting them outside in the garden.  I
>understand
>that even hardy mums are subject to rot  in damp climates, so if you
>want yours to
>survive you should probably try to give them good drainage.  They also
>do much
>better planted in spring or early summer than at the time mums are
>usually sold,
>as it gives them a chance to get established.If your nurseries are not
>selling
>mums on the perennial tables the way they do other perennials you may
>have to mail
>order from a reliable source (don't ask me, I have no experience with US
>perennial
>companies).  Don't order too many though.  They grow like weeds, at
>least up here,
>and within a couple of years you'll be dividing them up and moving them
>around
>your garden.
>
>Bob Campbell
>southern Ontario.
>USDA 4
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I wish I had you luck with Mums.  I bought mine from a reputable nursery.
They were supposed to be hardy in Zone 5.  They were very beautiful last
fall, but nothing has emerged this spring at all.  I am very disppointed.  I
did everything the grower told me to do.  I know others in this area who
have had the same experience, but someone who lives 10 miles west of me has
mums that come back every year and she gives them no care at all..... go
figure.

Marie
Zone 5
Massachusetts

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