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Re: delphiniums and the heat

> 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 during the summer. I
> raise Pacific Giants and they manage fairly well in a bed that is in
> full, scorching sun. It is a fairly new bed and has only been amended
> with compost once or twice. I mulch all of my beds with mushroom
> compost   and water daily in summer with soaker hoses. 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.

Thanks Lois, this is just the sort of thing I am looking for. I am 
considering a special culture page on our web site for different 
regions in the USA. Would you mind if I included some of this?

thanks

Terry Dowdeswell
18 Henderson Ave
Tuakau, New Zealand
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Terry@delphinium.co.nz
http://www.delphinium.co.nz
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