How does Liberty take to a freeze?
ruth_mi
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Jon 6a SE MA
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peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoruth
Anyone who has seen pics of your Liberty would say they are
worth covering, and that certainly includes me. Hopefully the weather
will cooperate and there will be no need to.My
Liberty was in a very sheltered area where the snow remained the longest
and it was a first year plant. I think it was unfurling but in that
location it was fine.Sagae
fared relatively well and since Liberty is a sport of Sagae it will
give you an idea.Here
is Sagae On June 23 – one month after pretty severe frost. (The one
that turned Invincible to total mush)It does not look horrible but it does not look quite right either. If you enlarge the pic you can see some funky leaves (some I tucked in to hide for the pic). Some leaves eaten by deer. This area is somewhat sheltered too by overhanging trees.
All in all if I were you I would protect your gorgeous Liberty if frost threatens them once they start to unfurl.
ruth_mi
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoperen.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
8 years agoruth_mi
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