The snow word belongs in October!
It seems to have by passed the city, but it is close by.
I am still planting bulbs, and I just bought some more junipers.
It was just a dusting of snow yesterday.
This morning there is definitely frost!
I still have dahlias,cannas etc. to bring in.
I bring things into garage first and spray for bugs--then bring into house.
Dahlias and cannas are saved as roots only.
26 here this am. Lots of dead stuff to clean up. Probably should go dig up the dahlias and glads. Can't believe we still have bugs flying around! Lots of yellow jackets and hornets and wasps make it hard to work outside.
Confidence is that feeling you have right before you do something really stupid.
Name: Shannon Burkeville,Va (Zone 7a) The House on the Hill Gardens
Woofie..How do you store your glads ? I have a few that I want to take with me to RI.. I dont
have to pull up in Va so I've never did it. But, I have some Awsome ones from Mikes' Co-Op
I dont want to leave behind
The horse is God's gift to mankind. ~Arabian Proverb
Wrong person to ask! This is the first year I've grown glads, so I'm hoping someone knowledgeable will chime in here! And I need to research storing dahlias, too. I generally just grow them from seed each year, but I have a couple of gorgeous ones from Mike's Co-op that I want to rescue.
Confidence is that feeling you have right before you do something really stupid.
Name: Margaret Near Kamloops, BC, Canada (Zone 3a)
23 here this morning, nice and sunny so it should warm up by noon. I had a few daylilies that had put up scapes late so of course they got frozen before they had a chance to open.
Name: Margaret Near Kamloops, BC, Canada (Zone 3a)
Woofie, some people cut it down, but I leave it, I think it helps insulated them from the cold, a natural mulch, I do the cleanup in the spring. You can cut the old scapes down now.
I am bringing in canna, dahlia and acidanthera roots. They will dry in large paper bags and then I'll store them in boxes
of vermiculite and/or peat. I think that you need to inspect them, and check for molds and keep them from drying too much.