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Re: delphiniums and the heat

Lois: Thank you for giving your climate zone - I am also in USDA 8, Sunset
5 but what a difference in your description of conditions that ours. We can
and do get below 20F, usually in Jan. or Feb. We do have heavy rain making
our glacier tilth soils acidic. But the biggest difference is the summer
temperatures. If it got that hot here we'd all really suffer. My delphs do
grow up to 8' because of the cooler summer temps. Thanks Carolyn

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> From: Lois Feron <redbud@pacific.net>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: delphiniums and the heat
> Date: Friday, January 02, 1998 11:52 AM
> 
> I live on Clear Lake in Northern California. We are in zone 8, which
> means that temperatures can go below 20 F. for many days at winter
> solstice time. This is the southern edge of wetter North America and we
> have heavy rainfall which leaches our soils, mostly of calcium. Our
> summer temperatures exceed 100 F. for many weeks >> My delphiniums
> while neither as lush or as tall (3-4 feet) as I would like, still put
> on a very good show of blooms all summer and well into fall.
>
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