Rose Winterizing (again) in Milwaukee, WI
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Milwaukee, WI - too early to plant clematis?
Comments (6)I'm going to disagree.....slightly :-)) Perennials hardy to your zone don't care about frosts or snow flurries. The last frost date warning is directed at plants that are cold sensitive - annuals, tender perennials and the like. Hardy perennials, trees, shrubs and vines can be planted any time the soil is workable. We have had frosts off and on for the last few weeks and several inches of snow a couple of weeks ago. Most of my perennials are up and active, many are blooming including several clematis. My armandii is in full bloom and it is far less hardy than most clematis. Plus I have several new vines (and some of last season's leftovers still in their nursery pots, where they've been all winter) just sitting around waiting for me to get enough time to plant them. I've been planting and transplanting ever since February. And while the weather today is gorgeous, more frost is predicted for later next week........and they've even mentioned the "s" word again!! The only caveat to this is if the plants have been grown under cover or other protection and have not been hardened off. Local growers here grow pretty much anything hardy outside all winter, or at the very least in open but covered houses, so that vernalization is a given and the plants are fully acclimated to the weather. Depending on where your new clems are being shipped from and their size, they may very be well ready to go. If they are still small however (less than two year old, gallon sized plants) and regardless of origin, I would follow Miguel's recommendation to pot them up and grow them on for planting later....See MoreMitchell Park Domes - Milwaukee, WI
Comments (15)The snow is finally starting to melt here. Not fast enough, as there are plenty of piles and about 2 inches everywhere else, but it is noticeably less than it was during the heart of winter. Being my first winter on getting palms to go through the winter, I think I did a fairly good job. My backyard washingtonia robusta burned severely because of a GFI malfunction back in December. Learned my lesson there to not use GFI's because they are unreliable and trip easy. The butia is fine, the water all went away the next day and never returned. The combination of heavy rain and rapid snowmelt that day caused that problem. My cycas revoluta is starting to bronze on some of the fronds, which is weird because it handled -15F just fine earlier in the winter with the same protection and 5F caused some burning the other week. Probably because I lost some of that deep snowpack as insulation. Oh well, I hope it flushes this spring so it looks good again by early summer. I'm also anxious to see how my 10 musa basjoo overwintered their first winter in the ground. Hoping there's not many casualties with them. How much money per month are you spending on heating all your structures? I was considering erecting a greenhouse sort of like yours over my backyard washingtonia and butia next winter and try to heat it to 55 to 60F and see if I can continue getting them to grow all winter.... a sort of experiment....See MoreCan Million Bells be kept over winter in WI?
Comments (7)I had also heard that million bells could be wintered over so am curious to know the outcome for those who are trying. I am wintering a number of foliage container plants that make pretty good winter house plants for us cold people. They are plectranthus Troy's Gold, pelargonium Palace Crystal Gem, abutilon Voodoo and Gold Dust, the purple leaf oxalis and an euphorbia, not Snowflakes but similar. Even if you just get an extra season out of them, you have cut your costs in half. Yes, I'm cheap! Linda...See MoreWinterizing the roses question/thoughts
Comments (14)Moses, While I’m new in the rose department as you saw in my previous post, There is a 80 year old woman that lived down the street from me who I think lived in her garden while her husband lived in the house haha. I always saw her there at anytime of day. Anyways, her roses were insane and looked like they came right out of a magazine as did all of her plants. I’ve spoke with her on a few occasions about her hybrid teas because they looked like they were on roids. She has since moved but the hybrid tea that she loved (my wife does too) was peaches and cream. She winterized them with the 4 stake method in the ground to where the stakes are out from plant and above then wrapped with burlap. She said the stakes were to prevent wind damage and the burlap for cover but breathable. (What I did to my golden shower as you read before) she also mulched a berm of cedar chips oh, she also said she didn’t use fertilizer (from store anyway) She would use lake water only. ( maybe counts? ) PA gets Michigan weather, I have family there so you should be ok as were same zone. If you can’t find the name from DA I’ll look for the tags. I got 2 this summer. Hope that helps....See Morerifis (zone 6b-7a NJ)
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