Re: overwintering
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] overwintering
- From: M* T*
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 04:34:59 -0400
Nancy,
I've used cold frames for overwintering small hardy perennials, but not
tender perennials as most of them won't stand many degrees of frost at all.
Some, like Snapdragons, would as they will pull through a really mild
winter, but most that are considered "tender" need frost free conditions.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: H. Robinson <robyn@ICX.NET>
> Date: Thursday, September 23, 1999 1:59 AM
>
> Doesn't any body out there use a cold frame to over winter tender
> perennials, etc? I need atleast 2 more frames to protect all the babies
> that are not ready for open gardens now. Just wondering.
>
> Nancy East Tennessee 6b
