[pbs] hardiness, cold temperatures
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Antennaria at aol.com
Mon Dec 27 22:17:42 EST 2004
Mary Sue Ittner wrote regarding moisture and plant/bulb hardiness:
>I had an offline discussion with someone about
>this (Mark McDonough possibly?) and he said
>that was absolutely not true.
I don't think it was me, although I did possibly discuss with you some advice
I received about guarantying a good bud set and subsequent flowering on
Magnolias. The recommendation was to provide copious watering in late summer and
fall, to ensure the flower buds, which develop in late summer, have a chance to
fully develop and thus are more able to withstand winter cold and
dessication. In the case of Magnolias, in my limited experience with a precocious
flowering hybrid (Forrest's Pink), providing good soaking waterings in late summer
and fall, has indeed yielded better flowering.
Kenneth Hixson khixson at nu-world.com wrote at length on the nuances of plant
hardiness. Thanks Kenneth for explaining this so well. If you've gardened in
two or more rather different climates, it's very interesting to see the
results of comparitive plant hardiness. The biggest surprise, is finding plants
that were perfectly hardy in one climate, prove to be a challenge and non-hardy
in milder climates, but Kenneth gives good examples of why this can be the
case. As Kenneth says "Hardiness is a complex subject".
Mark McDonough Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States
antennaria at aol.com "New England" USDA Zone 5
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