Does anyone grow Peggy Martin in Zones 4/5?
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Does anyone grow Sharifa Asma in zone 4 (or above)
Comments (14)Kristin flower: I had mine in morning (5 or 6 hours) sun when it was in a pot, and the flowers lasted well. There is a little more sun where it is now, but of course, it has not yet flowered in that position, so I can't really judge. I have only buried my bud unions 2-3" deep, and so that's why I am too afraid not to use winter protection. I don't know - maybe Predfern and Twohuskies bury their unions deeper, and because of that, don't winter protect? If I was going to take a chance, it would be with a rose that I don't like anymore, definitely NOT Sharifa Asma LOL Judith...See MoreAnyone growing Peggy Martin in zone 5?
Comments (2)I don't have her but some of my rose society friends do. I know they don't do a lot of protection to their roses here but you're a zone colder. I think it depends on how much effort you want to go to and how much of the plant you want to try and save. If you just protect the base you'll probably have to prune pretty low next spring. If that's OK and you don't mind starting out low then just do that. If you'd like to keep it at the height it is then go for broke and wrap it. You'll still probably have some cane die back anyway but you won't be starting out next spring at ground level....See MorePicea purpurea: Anyone growing this in Zone 4 or 5a?
Comments (7)Yes, but those Chinese provinces are big, and it also occurs in Quinghai province on the Tibetan plateau...500 or so miles north of the mild zn 9/10 parts of Sichuan, and a world apart in climate. Compare Xining at 7000 ft: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xining to Chengdu at 1600 ft. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chengdu then to Kunmimg at 6000 ft.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunming So since it occurs on the "cold" side of those western Chinese mountains, it is very hardy. Update: it's actually very interesting that Wuhan & Chengdu are at the same latitude, Chengdu is at a higher elevation of 1600 ft; but the record low for Chengdu is only 21F, for Wuhan it is -1F. It seems those mountains and plateaus protect the areas immediately to the south of them from the worst of the cold. That's why on the USDA zone map of China there's a big upward blip of zn 9 & 10 in the west, but the bands compress faster there, too, as you go up into the cold Tibetan plateau. Yellow on this map is 7, so since this Spruce is native to the area where Sichuan, Quinghai, and Gansu come together, it is indeed zn 5 there. This post was edited by davidrt28 on Sat, May 3, 14 at 16:29...See MoreAnyone grow Hakonechloa (Japanese forest grass) here in zone 4?
Comments (7)I was surprised to see that mine survived last winter. I think I am in schizo-climate zone 3/4. Last winter I lost a balloon flower, my Rozanne geraniums, about 6 heuchera plants, bugleweed, part of my pagoda dogwood and part of my magnolia. I was sure that the hakone had died too, but there it was. Mine is 2 years old and is very small. I guess it will take maybe 5 years to develop some substance. I rewarded it by digging it up this spring and replacing a large amount of the soil with some really good soil. Probably the kiss of death....See More
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Patty W. zone 5a Illinois
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last yearI have several Peggy Martins in Zone 5b, central Illinois. They have done well over winter even with temperatures dipping below zero. I don't have to trim much dead wood. I planted the first ones in summer 2019 and in just three years, some have grown to 15 feet covering a massive amount of height and space. I even did cuttings and they sprouted and grew. I ordered more this year and will line all my fence with them. I will post several pictures
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last yearMore pics Central Illinois Zone 5b (Peggy Martin rose is only three years old when the picture was taken
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