From the Far Reaches Gardens email:
"For you local gardeners, there is a very strong likelihood of cold weather moving into our area {the week of Dec 3rd} so those plants which will freeze and die in containers such as Melianthus, Agapanthus, Dahlias, Schefflera, some of the Salvias etc, should come inside and many of these same plants which are in the ground are going to fare better in serious cold if they are mulched with leaves, compost, soil or anything to keep frost from the crowns. We always do our Lobelia tupa and mulch the bases of some of the marginally hardy woody plants because even if the freeze takes out the top growth, many of these will regrow from the protected base and look good surprisingly fast as they have big, well-established root system pushing the new growth. And for those of you who haven’t yet planted what you bought from us this past year – it’s ok because we don’t think you have a problem either but you might want to plant them this weekend or move them into the garage if the temperature plunges."
For those who purchased CARDIOCRINUMS at my plant sales last year, please go out and put some mulch down over the crowns, turn a pot upside down over them and even put an old blanket over them. Their tips are often peaking out of the ground and can be damaged by the sudden extreme cold we may be experiencing this week.
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By the way, the Cardiocrinums in the Header for my blog are a picture from my garden in July 2012, taken by Linda during our Late Bloomers garden tour. The other pictures from our gardens can be found on her blog under the Horticulture links to the right. also here
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