Hayseedman Over-Wintering
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Comments (38)Boy half a zone difference make you guys so far ahead ~ just as George (ego45) reminded me! BB just flashed her virginal gown yesterday ~ 1 so far! QF opened tons on Pops' Day ~ so thrilled & tho both Orig ES did each a quick one, our gloomy/rainy/storm days interrupted the momentum ~ got everyone in a napsy mood & clusters are still just that! Today sun did show up ~ hopefully shake everyone up! Oh but Blue Frost Serrata even in his *dip 'n dot* stage is already giving hints on the trio of colors ~ blue, lavender, pinks & loaded! T&S1 ~ that came frost bitten, is the most advanced w/ all sorts of new canes & clusters - ready to flash soon ~ in the most ideal site, the hole I prep'd last Fall. I clipped all the blooms she came in to speed up these new ones! T&S2 & T&S3 are doing fine w/ new canes & new cluster finials tho nowhere close to T&S1's #s Luis - to answer our musings on extra sun exposure ~ definitely affects bloom colors IMO based on observations on these 3 T&S planted in 3 diff exposures ~ then again I'm also considering soil diff in their 3 sites! Sorry ~ for long chit-chat! Follow ups later. OK?!...See MoreAm I over wintering correctly?
Comments (3)Hello, Ally. While I do not overwinter this far south, the bags act as an insulating material that protect the plant from cold drying winter winds. As such, I would also put something on top (leaves for example) since that is where snow would accumulate and were winds would try to "sneak" in. Try to have some distance between the cage and the end of the stems; the more distance, the more protection the leaves give to the stems. And yes, the roots should be able to withstand the winter due to warmth of the soil and the use of mulch. Late frosts in spring and early ones in fall are the ones which can cause problems for your stems and flower buds that bloom on old wood. Regarding the questions about the individual varieties, they are good to your zone so no overwintering techniques are required.... Mountain hydrangea Benigaku is good to Zone 6; the elegant Fireworks Pink, a.k.a. Jogasaki, is good to either Zone 5 or 6 (depending on where you check); Macrophyllas Nikko Blue and Lady in Red are also good to your zone... Nikko is good to Zone 5 and Lady to Zone 6; Arborescens cultivars like Annabelle bloom on new wood. Because all of those are good to Zone 6, you do not have to apply overwintering techniques unless there are micro-climates in your garden that force you to do that. For those, all I would do is make sure they have 3-4 inches of mulch through the drip line or a little further and -if the ground does not freeze and it is dry- I would water them once every two weeks or so during the winter. Does that help you? Luis...See MoreBegonia Carolinafolia acquired one chonk of a stem over the winter!
Comments (2)It wasn't planted that way. that's how it grew. Last summer it was a normal width stem with many leaves. Over the winter, it must have gotten top heavy as lower leaves fell off and then it bent over and became this big fatty! The good news is that it looks like new leaves are forming in all the spots where old leaves once were. I suppose I could chop it up. Maybe I will. I just thought it was kinda wild how it grew. Probably seems like no big thing to people who grow a lot of begonias....See MoreLilies disappeared over the winter.
Comments (15)I have found lilies to be ..um... erratic :-) Some I have planted but they don't show up every year; some are ones I have no record of planting and sometimes they appear and sometimes not. I have learned to just appreciate them when they appear - wherever they appear since them seem to move around too. Some pictures: I have no idea what this is and it only appears sometimes: I did plant this one but it only shows up some years: I have a fondness for regal lilies and have a couple of them that move around on their own: These showed up a few years ago from I-don't-know-where and something similar showed up this year but in a different location: So I don't rely on lilies to be good performers; I just like them when/where they appear - especially since they don't seem to be pestered by lily beetles lately!...See Morehayseedman
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