I'm not exactly sure if I'm in zone 9...
Are the zones about the average minimum temperature or the lowest minimum?
Our winters are quite mild, but every couple of years we have a 'real' winter and than temps can drop below freezing.
My garden is small, so I'm planning to keep big sheets of garden cloth in the garage for the winter, just in case
Last year I bought White Temptation and Spotted Fever.
Both are in the databse as semi-evergreen, but WT disappeared completely and SF did not.
The result of that (I guess) was that SF was in bloom on the 28th of June and WT's first flower was on 14th July..
although both are in the database as midseason.
SF's first couple of flowers were single, probably because the temps were still in the lower 60's...
I started SF last year with 6 fans, I had 6 scapes this year and there are now 16 fans
WT started with 4 fans last year, 4 scapes this summer. I'm not sure how many fans there are now, I will look tomorrow
Both cultivars had/have the flowers higher than the foliage, which I like
I haven't checked scape heights, will do that tomorrow as well
SF stopped blooming on the 7th of August, WT is still going
My other DL's were planted this year, so I don't know yet how they will do the coming winter
EDITED:
White Temptation is gone from 4 fans last year to 10 fans now :-)
Flowers are 5 inch as stated in the database, but the scape height is 26 inches, not 32 (still above the foliage)
Mayo
