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| Hi, This forum has been so helpful to me as a newbie gardener! The temperature tonight is predicted to be about 37 degrees. Of course, I just spent this weekend putting out a huge bunch of new flowers and veggies. I'm not sure what to do about the perennials. Most of them I started from seed or were nursery purchases, so they are young. Some were on the property already. I have SO much to cover tonight. Most of the info on frost tolerance talks about survival, not damage to foliage and flowers. I would love not to cover up everything in all my gardens and prioritize what's most important. I was wondering if any of you would be willing to tell me which of the following I ought to do first: Blue-eyed grass There are also a bunch of well-established hostas, and some sedum. Autumn Joy and a couple of others I can't identify. If anyone could help, I would appreciate it! Now I'm going to post the same kind of post over at the annuals forum.... |
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- Posted by mad_gallica Z5 Eastern NY (My Page) on Mon, May 13, 13 at 16:29
| Unless it just came out of a greenhouse, all the hardy perennials should be fine for any temperature in the 30's. So the only one on that list is dahlias, which aren't hardy perennials. Even those should be fine for high 30's. |
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| Thanks mad_gallica. Huge help. You have no idea how much work you just saved me.Some of them came very recently from a greenhouse, yes, but they've all had several days outside. Is that sufficient? |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, May 13, 13 at 18:20
| i would ignore the grasses.... does your lawn ever die of frost???? yes.. i know its an overly broad statement .... but if you just cant do it all.. skip such ken |
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