Re: what's blooming well
- Subject: Re: [SG] what's blooming well
- From: M* T*
- Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 00:38:01 -0400
Lynn, sometimes how a plant does in spring is directly related to the
kind of growing conditions it had the previous year. Drought, early
frost, late frosts, unpredictable warm/cold spells...all kinds of
stuff not related to current season weather can affect performance.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Lynn Barbee <msgardens@HOTMAIL.COM>
>
> Pear trees around here didn't bloom well this year. Wonder if the
frost hit
> the buds. Also my peony bushes are not nearly as big as they
normally are
> this time of year. They have been doing well for as long as I've
had them,
> around eight years, so why this year should be different, I don't
know. At
> least I see flower buds. Lynn
