Limelight Hydrangeas: Can they be grown in Southern California?
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Comments (5)Cena, 95!! Although I'd usually be saying, "Yikes, you poor dear!" I'm a bit envious! (Remind me I acutally put this statement in writing round-about late-June!) We've had such a ridiculously COLD winter here, I (of all people) have been cold. Usually, I'm revelling in the cold months. I think this year has cured me!! I may be packing my stuff and heading your way! But, alas, today it was 60-ish, and tomorrow, they're predicting 70-something! I saw the forcast was for lows not below 40 this week, so put a bunch of Crassulas and Aloes outside - told hubby if it gets cold enough to freeze 'um, tough! I'm so sick of the cold, I can't stand it!! **sigh** Thank goodness I'm not irrational enough to risk my Hoyas yet! Denise in Omaha...See MoreCan peonies be grown in Southern California?
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Comments (2)Some will and some won't. I don't know the names of the Tepin and Piquin plants I have/had but one of each died when it wasn't really that cold at night the others lived through last months high 30 degree and low 40 degree nights. I don't know if it was the cold or rain that got the ones that died or the combination of the two that did them in. I live in the San Frenando valley-southern ca.. Probably less humid and warmer than your area. I have 3 varieties of Pequin and 4 or 5 Tepins growing now.more than half of them are from last year. I think most of them will live if the roots aren't frozen or overwatered in the winter. They grow wild in parts of Texas that get pretty cold in the winter. Mine are usually putting out the last of their pods around christmas....See Morelimelight hydrangeas, can they really handle FULL sun?
Comments (5)What Ruth asked about location needs answering before you can get an answer. Where I live, no problem, but in TX or elsewhere in the southern US, it's a different story. If you don't want to have to remember to add zone and location each time you post on the GW side of things, then you can add it to your profile so that it shows up in your posts (but my understanding is that it won't show up in your Houzz posts.) Go to Your Houzz in the upper right of every page, click Edit Profile, and on the left side click advanced settings. Well down the advanced settings page is a blank labeled Climate Zone for Garden Forums along with a link to find your zone. If you add info on your state or the nearest large city you will get even better information since zone only relates to average coldest winter temperatures. You can do this by adding it to your Profile Information under First Name (Publicly Displayed) on the first page under Edit Profile. Then return to the top of the page and click Done Editing....See Moreluis_pr
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