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Many plants not coming up
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shelleyh z5 NY (
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Sun, Apr 22, 12 at 21:58
I lost a bunch of well established plants this Winter. Monarda, cat mint, echinacea, daisies. I'm thinking it is because of the dry Winter here, hardly any snow or rain.
May also be the hot days and plunging temps. |
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RE: Many plants not coming up
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| Ditto - blanket flower, coreopsis + a few other "reliable" perennials are goners. I'm thinking part of the problem was them getting pounded by huge tree limbs in the October snowstorm followed by the dry winter. Whatever the cause, there are a lot of empty spots in my flowerbeds where they used to grow. |
RE: Many plants not coming up
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| I know we all talk about this winter being very moderate i.e. mostly because of the lack of snow. But there were lots of times we had winter rains and heavy wet slush...definitely not the best for plants requiring good drainage. |
RE: Many plants not coming up
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| So far looks okay for me except for hydrangea and perennial damage from frost. Have not lost much |
RE: Many plants not coming up
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| I lost a few of the more reliable perennials as well...lady's mantle, coreopsis, foxglove, a bearded iris, a couple of hostas and all three lupine. |
RE: Many plants not coming up
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| It stopped raining in July. Barely any snow all winter. Very mild winter. Everything came through just fine except the Heuchera. None died, but many are barely hanging on. They'll make it, but it will take a couple of years for them to recover. Kevin |
RE: Many plants not coming up
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| I lost a few plants this winter, mostly new ones planted at the end of summer last year in areas that were wet or under water for a lot of the winter. Our yard does not drain well at all and sits lower than the surrounding neighbors, so we get all of their runoff. This winter was very wet, not with snow but rain, and parts of my yard remained wet or underwater for much of the winter. Then we flooded completely in mid-March. Now the wind blows and we haven't had a good soaking rain in over a month. The ground is drying out and cracking. Some of my hostas that were growing large and beautiful have shrunk noticeably in those areas that were constantly wet. Some didn't seem to notice. All of the plants in my hummingbird/butterfly bed are all alive and doing well except for a slight few, and my poor orchid that a dang squirrel dug up. Still mad over that one. The daylilies don't look as good this year, their foliage looks a bit sickly, but I'm not sure if it's because of the wet winter or the cold we've been having. Karen |
RE: Many plants not coming up
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| I had a very mature monarda that did not return from winter. We had a mild winter, a bit on the dry side. I'm very surprised, & of course it was my favorite deep red monarda. |
RE: Many plants not coming up
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| We had a mild dry winter here. Local weather reports that we had an 8 inch precipitation deficit before yesterday's rain. Although it was mild, because of no snow cover, I wasn't sure how everything would fare. Agastache 'Golden Jubilee',and rupestris, that were started from seed last year and 'Purple Pygmy' that was in it's second year did not come back. But Agastache 'Honey Bee Blue' that I've had for years, came back strong and I even have growth on 'Ava' which is a western hybrid from High Country. Anthemis 'Moonlight' in it's second year did not show up. Some of our Asparagus plants did not come up. 'Ghost' fern, is now showing up, but is a fraction of the size it usually is. Some of the daffodils were sparse this year and I lost Galanthus nivalis. Some Dicentra are half the size they were last year. Lunaria bloomed at one foot instead of 3 feet. I lost Euphorbia 'Blackbird'. One woodland phlox that was just planted last year didn't show up. Most of our hens and chicks are nowhere to be seen. Lilac 'Avalanche' has blooms half their usual size and very little fragrance. I lost most of our Verbascum. Weigela 'Midnight Wine' very small purchases from Bluestone last year, surprised me and started leafing out, after looking quite dead until last weekend. The only thing I'm not sure of at this point, is hardy Hibiscus, which it's too early to see growth from. All and all, I feel fortunate that so many plants tolerated all the crazy weather we've been having. |
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