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Oct 31, 2014 12:29 PM CST
Name: Donald
Eastland county, Texas (Zone 8a)
Raises cows Enjoys or suffers hot summers Region: Texas Plant Identifier
That's a good one Woofie. 120-150 days above 86F for me. That's prox 4-5 months of warm temps. I sure wish they would give the number of days of night temps above 65F to go along with it. That makes a difference in what plants do well here. Anything with alpine as part of its description may tolerate the lack of humidity and rain and warm days, but they prefer the cool nights. They can be chancy. Perennial Oriental poppies would probably do just fine for me except for the warm night temps. Also a lot of bulbous plants don't handle the continual warmth without a break. A lot of zone maps list them as hardy based on the cold zone map, but they aren't seen growing. I don't much use the cold zone maps because they are insufficient.
Donald

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