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arcy_gw
5 years ago
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Comments (5)Given my rose habits, it's not a question of if I'll have losses but whether the losses will be worse than usual. This was such an unusually cold winter for us with no snow that I'm not using this year to plan for a normal winter, since there's always some attrition in my yard, sometimes as much from heat as cold. I'm willing to baby roses a fair bit, so as long as they can survive most of our winters I'm not going to penalize a rose category because it didn't survive this one. Besides, predicting what will survive isn't an exact science - I've had some HTs clearly breeze through this winter, and some hardy shrubs trimmed to the ground with relatively shaky standing at this point. Neither however will I plan my roses for the unseasonably warm winters that preceded this one. I tend to buy what I like and let the rose decide if it wants to survive in my yard, and I give any variety at least 2 or 3 chances if I really like it. At least this way I haven't yet run out of room for new roses (I put "never run out" and realized that's not necessarily true forever). Besides, I already have way too many roses coming for this spring based on my old habits and it's too late to change that relative to the cold winter habit. These will be another test case for whatever next winter brings. Cynthia...See MoreFig Plants - Survival Question
Comments (7)Tobybul2, similar case here suburb of Chicago as we have had our HC inground last several seasons but mature at about 8years old when put inground from a large30g container. To date none of those older limbs exist anymore as it keeps dying to soil level. 1st year inground unprotected - died to soil level came back set some figs which i removed. May have ripened a few figs i missed but do not recall for sure. 2nd year inground unprotected - coldest winter called polar vortex set figs and ripened the ones i knew had time to that i left on. 3rd winter/spring - covered simply by putting 30 g container over it tying branches -cold winter but not polar vortex type coldest was 17 below zero in town. Mostly died to soil level again with a few skinny short branches at soil level surviving . All branches recently pinched to help set some figs. Have spare siblings of HC in containers that were airlayered from previous seasons just in case. It was and continues to be sort of a experiment to see how it does now such as last winter with a simple container just covering it not going to extreme by burying it like grandmother did with assistance from uncles did in chicago in the 1960s with a large tree that would retain its elder branches each season i recall fondly as a youngster. Martin...See MoreCedrus atlantica winter survivability in central KY
Comments (5)Josh, I see lots of Cedrus atlantica here in NJ and Long Island from zones 6b-7b. I have one vertical grower and a weeping variety here in my Zone 7a yard without any damage from the two "polar vortex" winters, and they have done fine with our HEAVY, WET snow. They are actually almost TOO common, but I do LOVE'EM (both the vertical grower and the weeping variety). They are also really tolerant of humid, wet summers, but are also drought tolerant once established. Oh, yes, mine were BOTH rutted by bucks a few years ago but are coming along. One of the biggest mistakes I see with the planting of Cedrus in general is that they are planted ridiculously close to homes. Both C. atlantica and libani wanna be massive trees eventually. P.S., A mature Cedar of Lebanon is an absolutely majestic sight..., one of my very favorite of trees....See MoreWill they survive the weather?
Comments (18)I did give them potassium. I linked it around here somewhere, but potassium is supposed to help them get ready for winter. I think they had at least 3 doses. I can't remember now. I should really write this stuff down somewhere. I hate tags on things, and it's getting harder to memorize the name of each rose. I'm going to make a diagram and put it in a cabinet. lol Ohh I also put tons of crushed up eggshells in the holes that I'd been saving all summer....See Morearcy_gw
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