Overwintering cardinal flowers in zone 6a
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Comments (25)Luckily, I had my plant spreadsheet open, this is the one I am going to try to plant this year: http://www.rarefindnursery.com/index.php/trees-shrubs/magnolia/magnolia-frosty-pale-purple.html OK, if you were in Denmark or Poland I might say forget it, but if you really are in a 8a borderline 7b location in SE Europe, with fairly hot summers, I would say, yes, try one. Try to give it a position sheltered from north winds, but also protected from morning sunlight in winter. By 'try one', I mean the hardiest clone of it you can find. Later in spring I will probably post a picture of the damage to my M. skinneriana after 0F. It was not really a cold winter per se here, but we had a terrible cold spell in January. The first week of January was the coldest first week in Baltimore ever recorded, since 1871. I am not sure how much of the top will be able to regrow, most of the leaves are definitely brown now. Amazingly, without fertilization, the top had almost regrown to 2m/6.5 ft. after the polar vortex winter killed it to the ground. Took just 2 good, wet growing seasons. I see the same fast regrowth with M. dianica...but...again, most normal people don't want something in their garden that is looking damaged so often. So I wouldn't recommend these shrubs as standard garden material around here....See MoreWill wineberry and maypop plants survive in zone 6A?
Comments (5)Thanks nmfruit, i will try to make a suitable microclimate for the plants. They are in a fenced in area. The area is also shaded by a mulberry tree. In the fall i will mulch heavily with wood chips and leaves. I just consider them unique because you can't buy these items in grocery stores. My garden specializes in things most people haven't heard of like - red,black,white curants ; jostaberry, honeyberry, apple serviceberry, gooseberry, saskatoon berry, arctic raspberry, musk strawberry, highbush cranberry, concord grape, catawba grape, niagara grape, maypop, wineberry, nanking bush cherry, joel and joy bush cherry, black and purple tomatoes, and pink lemonade blueberry. Im sure I'm forgetting some :) Of course I also grow regular red and black raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries. I've been really enjoying my red raspberries and tomatoes this year. I cant wait for my other plants to get bigger. I plan to add a lot more to my garden next year!...See MorePink Muhly Grass Bloom in Zone 6a
Comments (6)I’m in 6b and mine (purchased small from Bluestone Perennials last spring) never got big enough to bloom. I overwintered it inside and just planted it out to see if it can do any better the second year. In the meantime it’s a pretty underwhelming grass taking up space....See Moresmall tree with widest "arching canopy" for zone 6a?
Comments (15)10' is barely even in the tree category!! You will have a hard time finding anything tree-like with that size limitation and with a wide spreading canopy. Even the serviceberries, generally considered a small scaled tree, will get taller than that. I think that to get the canopy spread you are looking for to establish a shade garden, you will need to revise your height limitations. If you do that, then certain ornamental crabs ( Cardinal, Donald Wyman, Indian Magic, Red Jade, Sargentii) produce low spreading canopies. Cornus kousa var. chinensis also produces a very broad canopy in comparison to height. Various Japanese maples would work as well, although you really want to limit the underplanting involved with them due to issues with root disturbance....See More- 8 years ago
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