Differences between zone 9 & zone 10 (besides avg lo temp) ?
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Best orchids for zone 9a?
Comments (5)I'm in South Florida and grow many types of orchids outdoors. Being new to Florida, I think my zone is listed above as zone 9-10. It is hot and the sun very strong. My plants have suffered sunburn and I have since moved some into shadier places and have installed shade cloth over my patio. I have most of my dendrobiums hanging in a tree which gets early morning sun. Catts seem to love the heat (so far), I have lost a few which didn't like the heat. I won't grow those again. I have found Phals do fine until the day and night temps stay high. They seem prone to fungal problems and generally appear stressed as do the intergenerics. I move them into AC for a few months (still experimenting). You state you work at a nursery. I would think you could get info for your growing area there. I would follow ArthurM's advice and join an orchid club. You will meet other growers from your area and learn what works and doesn't. I'm thrilled to have moved from NY to Florida. My orchids seem happy and I'm getting growth I never got in NY. Even my indoor, dirt houseplants are thrilled being outside. They are growing like weeds. Good luck, Jane...See MoreMad Diary of Zone Busting in Zone 3 ...The End is a Long Way Away
Comments (7)Oh my. What is a passionate rose lover like you doing in that glacial hell hole? Reading about your endeavors has exhausted me and I haven't even lifted a shovel. I admire your grit and determination, but would love to see you rewarded with thousands of blooms on your rose bushes for all your hard work. I bet they could use engineers in zones 7 to 10!...See MoreZone 6 to 9 edible fruiting plants
Comments (25)Some one said the highbush cranberry tasted bad, but sometimes the European (Viburnum opulus) gets confused with the American (Viburnum Trilobum) and the European is more medicinal. There is suppose to be a 3rd high bush cranberry type around Canada or Alaska that tastes best of all. But, besides those viburnum there's other edible varieties like the black haw (Viburnum Prunifolium), nannyberry (Viburnum lentago), wild raisin (several edible viburnum share that name), hobble bush Viburnum is said to have " consistency of stewed prunes with a bit of clove like spicy fragrance". The native northern fly honeysuckle (lonicera villosa) is edible, and I read a source saying it was used in the breeding program to make honey berries. I have not read to much information on that, but it's likely. I saw its seeds being sold on Etsy. It doesn't make many berries and they are small, but the hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) is said to have berries with a thin sugary pulp, and the seeds crushed with water are edible and is said to taste of almond milk. Looking at ground covers, besides partridgeberry, wintergreen, cranberry, lingonberry, or snowberry, there's the ground cherries you could try. It's leaves and unripe fruit is poisonous, but they are sweet tasting berries when ripe....See MoreMy Roses in Burning Heat...... Zone 9b
Comments (143)Straw wrote: "Khalid: Your roses look very good in high heat, nice colors and healthy foliage. My Just Joey looks really bad, blooms bleached out to beige, so I don't even post pics. I might move it to partial shade for better color. We are in hot & dry phase, up to 90 F, or 32 C." Straw: 90*F is not high heat for roses in my view. I mean in this temperature, my roses were performing very well. Could there be other (primary) reason for your Just Joey or any other rose not performing that well. I am not sure if 90*F alone is enough to cause deterioration in performance of a particular cultivar. I mean some mineral deficiency / excess or some issue with the soil that gets amplified due to rise in temp? Or could it be that my roses have slowly been acclimatized to perform better in heat? Just trying to understand what could be the reason for my Just Joey being quite yellow in 105*F and your's turning beige in 90*F. best regards PS: Sam, did you see the photos of Rose Biomes posted above? Jess: Alec's Red hasn't impressed me much. It is almost completely non fragrant since the temps rose above 100*F and is blooming sparsely. When I compare it's performance with many other roses, I would rate it quite low with regards to performance in summers though it performs much better when it is cooler. Sorry no experience of growing Christopher Columbus. I haven't actually seen it here....See Morephreckless
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