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will the freezing temps kill my plants?
It has been above freezing for several weeks now and everything is
blooming and leafing out. But tonight it is going to get down to 26. I have hostas, lots of irises, daylilly, roses, peonies and tons of other perennials coming out of the ground and leafing back out. I do not have much to cover my plants and I covered my roses first - what types of things would be most likely to be killed? Or will it just kill plants back and force them to come out again? I was also concerned about my autumn olive which is blooming for the first time. I assume it will kill the blooms and thus the fruit even if no serious damage is done to the shrub itself. I hate late freezes. |
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will the freezing temps kill my plants?
On Tue, 08 Apr 2003 22:13:14 -0500, mike wrote:
It has been above freezing for several weeks now and everything is blooming and leafing out. But tonight it is going to get down to 26. I have hostas, lots of irises, daylilly, roses, peonies and tons of other perennials coming out of the ground and leafing back out. I do not have much to cover my plants and I covered my roses first - what types of things would be most likely to be killed? Or will it just kill plants back and force them to come out again? I was also concerned about my autumn olive which is blooming for the first time. I assume it will kill the blooms and thus the fruit even if no serious damage is done to the shrub itself. I hate late freezes. Go cover them up.....alll mine are covered for the night. |
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will the freezing temps kill my plants?
I appologize, i didnt read this very well before posting a reply. My
tomatoes and melons are covered. My perrenial flowers i left alone. The weather man said it would probably only freeze for 2 hrs, but i didnt want to chance it. I am not one to give advice on flowers. On Tue, 08 Apr 2003 22:13:14 -0500, mike wrote: It has been above freezing for several weeks now and everything is blooming and leafing out. But tonight it is going to get down to 26. I have hostas, lots of irises, daylilly, roses, peonies and tons of other perennials coming out of the ground and leafing back out. I do not have much to cover my plants and I covered my roses first - what types of things would be most likely to be killed? Or will it just kill plants back and force them to come out again? I was also concerned about my autumn olive which is blooming for the first time. I assume it will kill the blooms and thus the fruit even if no serious damage is done to the shrub itself. I hate late freezes. |
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will the freezing temps kill my plants?
Exactly where on the planet are you?
If they survived the winter, they should be fine. Don't believe everything the weathermen say. Its the only job where you can be wrong every day and not get fired. mike wrote in message ... It has been above freezing for several weeks now and everything is blooming and leafing out. But tonight it is going to get down to 26. I have hostas, lots of irises, daylilly, roses, peonies and tons of other perennials coming out of the ground and leafing back out. I do not have much to cover my plants and I covered my roses first - what types of things would be most likely to be killed? Or will it just kill plants back and force them to come out again? I was also concerned about my autumn olive which is blooming for the first time. I assume it will kill the blooms and thus the fruit even if no serious damage is done to the shrub itself. I hate late freezes. |
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will the freezing temps kill my plants?
mike wrote
It has been above freezing for several weeks now and everything is blooming and leafing out. But tonight it is going to get down to 26. I have hostas, lots of irises, daylilly, roses, peonies and tons of other perennials coming out of the ground and leafing back out. I do not have much to cover my plants and I covered my roses first - what types of things would be most likely to be killed? Or will it just kill plants back and force them to come out again? I was also concerned about my autumn olive which is blooming for the first time. I assume it will kill the blooms and thus the fruit even if no serious damage is done to the shrub itself. I hate late freezes. Even plants that habitually survive cold winters may be damaged by a late freeze after they have begun to put out new spring growth. I still mourn a pretty little rose that had leafed out beautifully and then succumbed to a surprise spring blizzard (I *did* wrap it up, but the covering blew away). Daylilies and Iris are pretty tough. In 20 years, I've never had Hostas damaged by crazy weather (zone 7b or 8). As the newsies say, "only time will tell." If the plants are well-established, your yield of growth/blossoms/fruit may be affected for this year, but the plants you mention (my rose was *very* small) will probably survive a short cold snap. Best wishes. |
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