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Ranunculus as winder indoor plant in 4a-5a zones
Comments (12)Hey - gosh it's hard to find info on growing these little guys! I am in central MN/zone 4/5, and am trying my hand at indoor forcing some ranunculus bulbs/tubers. It's early March right now, so it's too early to put them in the ground, so I'm impatiently starting them indoors. I've followed all the planting guidelines I've read, the temps and light requirements, and I still cannot find out.... how long until these guys sprout? I'm thinking it must be different than growing them conventionally outside, as there was no chilling period and my window location must be different than in the ground. ANYONE know what my time frame might be on these ranunculus bulbs? Thanks a million! ; )...See MoreKaki and Hybrid Persimmons winter protection for Zone 5A
Comments (25)I was reading a response in the NAFEX "Richard Moyer and others is that for Zone 6/7, it is not the absolute winter minimum that kills kakis, but late spring freezes after the trees have broken dormancy. The great Easter Freeze of 2007 killed 10 out of 12 'cold hardy' kaki cultivars I had, most of them 4-8 inches in diameter. The two that survived unscathed are 'Hira Tanenashi' and 'Sung Hui', only because neither had broken dormancy. We ate and sold many fruits from these two trees this fall, until Christmas. Three nights of +19, 24 and 27F killed the other 10 'cold hardy' cultivars to the ground. In themountains of Korea, I observed huge, old kaki trees at Buddhist temples. So it's "not always how cold it gets, but how/when it get's cold", especially for some of these Asian plants we try to grow in the eastern US. Cliff England, at Nut Tree nursery in KY, also is trialing cold hardy kakis. Some of his material from northern Japan and north Korea". So Tony, can I protect the hardy Asian persimmons wtih your method for short period from a late freeze in early April? Others comments are welcome. Thx....See MoreRoses & plants in heavy clay, pH 8, zone 5a, 38" rain and 23" snow
Comments (58)Just thought I'd post the results I had in one garden bed that's clay-loam. Last year I had amended this bed with home-made compost. Everything did well last year as first year plantings. This year they suffered from too little light. (I just put the roses there to get them through the winter and hoping they might like the eastern exposure. Heathcliff, Sugar Moon and Falstaff like sun in my neck of the woods, it seems. I'll probably be moving the viking Queen next Spring as she's a fraction of the size of her sister in full sun, and hasn't bloomed since Spring while her sister would be non-stop if not for the midge.) Anyway, the soil was very dry even with rain. I thought the heavy leaf layer prevented water. I stuffed the empty holes with alfalfa hay, compost and leaf mold until I decided what to plant. I also put the alfalfa under the leaves in the rest of the bed and gave it additional compost. Wow, when I went to plant Lavender Lassie and two hydrangeas, all the soil was so soft and fluffy and moist, even though we had less rain that earlier. I'm now prepping my holes in advance of next Spring and filling them with the same and covering the entire bed with alfalfa hay, etc. The new plantings have taken off even in the reduced light of late summer. I repeated this in another new bed and Mme Alfred Carriere and Awakening seem to love it even in their NE exposure. (Of course, they could just be responding to being in the ground vs. in pots. : ) ) Lesson learned. : ) I'm also trying gypsum on some new beds I'm prepping since they're on an incline. I'll report back....See MoreThe right Japanese maple in zone 5a?
Comments (21)I am in northwest suburb of Chicago and love Shin Deshojo and Fireglow. Both would meet your height requirement as mature tree in our zone. They are very different in color. Shin Deshojo has the brightest red (slightly pinkish) color in spring and I have it in my front yard (in container) and received so many compliments from neighbors. In summer it has mixed green and red (new growth), quite nice. Fall color is more a dull red for me. Fireglow is purple red but when sun shines on it, it glows. Very nice. I have both in full sun all day. No sun burns However, I have heard several people in our zone in the facebook group that they lost their Shin Deshojo planted in ground. So I have been keeping mine in pot and winterize in my unheated garage. Fireglow is hardy in my yard, planted in ground in a very exposed, full sun location, and survived the last several winters without any die back. Purpose Ghost is also quite nice, would meet your requirements. and is hardy for our zone based on my own experience planted in ground without any winter protection....See Moremxk3 z5b_MI
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