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I usually overwinter stuff in the garage w/o any problem, but just forgot to bring a few pots in - they're next to the garage just not in it. The pots usually freeze solid in the garage, so I wouldn't think there would be any difference, but wanted to see what you thought. You gave me Sleeping Beauty, and the Praying Hands from a couple years ago.
just get this in your head... winter will never kill a zone appropriate plant ... thats kinda the whole point of such ....
what kills them is the transition between winter and spring.. and how the pot holds water in frozen media ... when the plant is going in and out of dormancy ... along with hot sun on a black pot.. and then refreezing at night
ken
Thanks peren! DH got that as a 2 footer or so--it's a beast! The finches love to sit in it--they look like ornaments on the branches!
Pretty pics!
What am I hearing about posting out photos? Are they indeed then property of Houzz?
Thought I'd also read that we couldn't delete the photos if we desired to, anyone know or tried?
May have to ask...
Well, we can't post photos from Photobucket or Flikr. This is a real pain. I can find my stuff easily on Photobucket or Flikr, but it took me 35 minutes to find a photo that I wanted to post on the Antique Rose Forum this morning. The photos on my computer are in date order, but how do I remember which year I took a particular photo of a particular rose?
Well, here are some random photos of parts of my garden.
Daisy
Yes, well said Josephine.
Anyone who is under the impression anything is "private" on the internet is quite mistaken. No different on Houzz than anywhere else. If you're paranoid or upset about being "watched" or intruded upon, be very careful with devices such as OnStar -- you may well be being watched in the literal sense of the word. It is inescapable nowadays - that is the price for innovations in technology, and it's only going to get worse. Someone recently relayed a story stating that he was speeding and he was contacted (I want to say by OnStar but my memory is failing momentarily so I'm not 100% sure) WHILE DRIVING and informed that if he did not slow down the warranty on his vehicle would be void. WTF! Now *that* is being watched...
Plus, didn't we all get in an uproar when we found out GW had the rights to our posts/photos. Didn't last long, did it? People were soon back to posting photos as usual.
I definitely needed to check in to see if Ken found his way over here safely. Gardenweb just wouldn't be the same without his special mixture of wisdom and wit. Glad to find at least one anchor of familiarity. Thanks for being there, Ken. Of course, now the pressure is on, since you know how much we all count on you.
Martha
I plant all winter...but then I'm not zone5 either ;) For me, the best time is mid fall through earliest spring (April being about the end).
I planted a sweet bay magnolia last week, a fringe tree, and a possumhaw yesterday. I plugged in about 10 container grown perennials (some from my own late summer sowing) also yesterday.
Everything has been experiencing freezes and frosts, so all are hardened off, though still, the ground is the best place for them.
obviously, I haven't learned a fecking thing since there are MORE pots and stuff lying about despite my avowed intent to plant them (and it is not as if I am challenged for space either). A whole heap of tree seedlings are facing the prospect of another year in pots, another autumn has been and gone and it is certain death to plant in my rooty, waterless woodland in spring...and anyway, the hundreds of seedlings will be appearing any day now....sigh, it is endless and I have been so slack this winter.
Yeah, that is what I was kind of getting at in the OP-- it's not hot where I am thinking to grow them. Rarely gets out of the upper 80s, and most months is hanging around in the 70s. Everywhere I have lived and had them before regularly got much hotter than that. So is that just the problem? They assume you're hot all the time?
Often I'll see someone has a plant I want...and I'll want to setup a trade or purchase offline. Yes, I find email being the best for personal communications...not everything is appropriate for consumption by the masses (including mailing addresses).
As a consequence of that, I've currently sent personal emails (this week) to four other gardenwebbers (only one about the conversion to houzz). You develop out-of-band friendships.
Rouge, in the meantime I could always replace the wrongly named clematis with 'Omoshiro' I have this one in a pot, also bought from GI. It wasn't doing too good where I had it planted so dug it up and planted it in a gallon pot last summer. Just noticed this morning it had two strong buds showing at soil level and two above. This might work climbing out of the patch of Mt. Bluet.
A few years ago I divided an old (50+ years) clump of Christabel iris that was no longer blooming well because it was so overcrowded. I divided again last year and now have more clumps than I can count. I gave away hundreds of rhizomes at that time, too. A few were mushy and got thrown into the compost heap, but those grew leaves anyway! I don't think I could kill this plant if I tried, so it's a good thing I like it!
There's nothing wrong with taking soil from a tomato growing area and working it into soil in a perennial garden. Whatever pest/disease might be present via growing tomatoes in one spot for years is very unlikely to pose any real hazard to ornamentals.
Potting soil is fine (I compost it along with plant trimmings and leaves) as a garden amendment. You just don't want to use mixes with a lot of perlite, as it's very lightweight, comes to the surface and looks funny.
brer - take a chill pill. Relax. Planting things doesn't have to be a pass/fail effort.
Thanks to my parents practicing organic gardening for 50 years, I have healthy, slightly-acidic sandy loam where I live. I began winter sowing perennials, shrubs & trees back in 2009. The trees (dogwood, apple & pear) are now taller than I am. I used MiracleGro Moisture Control potting soil back then and haven't noticed any less success in my garden beds after planting out winter sown plants along with the soil they were grown in.
If your garden soil is healthy to begin with, whatever you plant out should grow well. I'm not in your zone. My parents practiced organic gardening for 50 years before I moved here. It never hurts to test your soil and keep track of the moisture your garden receives each season. Mine receives adequate rainfall each year to sustain my garden beds so I don't sweat whether or not it's healthy. That may or may not be true of yours.
TIP: Don't panic. Healthy plants generally survive. Keep in mind Ma Nature has kept the planet green the past few millennia.
You're in Zone 7 so a lot warmer than where I am. I recommend you have your soil tested so you'll know if it's clay or loam. Some plants thrive in clay soil; others don't. Do your homework and find out which will survive where you are. The information is readily available on the Internet.
Have all the plants I set in the soil thrived where I am? They haven't. Did I expect them to thrive where I planted them? Of course since I didn't know then what I know now.
A garden can be a colorful adventure and a journey. I hope you can calm down and just enjoy the trip. Last I knew, growing plants wasn't a Pass/Fail test.
The link below takes you to the Missouri Botanical Garden. Just do a search for the plants you want to grow & you'll have information about growing conditions.
TIP: Acquaint yourself with botanical names.
Here is a link that might be useful: Missouri Botanical Garden
laceyvail, look at the top right corner of the screen. You should see your username after an avatar. Click on that avatar.
Hmm, I don't see my user name, but if you see in the upper right "Your Houzz" and hover over that, you'll see a drop-down menu that includes Edit Your Profile. Oh! I just hovered over it to doublec-check my advice, and now I DO see my username in the drop-down! :)