On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:36:08 GMT, "Texensis"
wrote:


Outdoor poppy seedlings look fine here. What's amazing is that we
forgot about two geranium (pelargonium) slips and left them out and
they seem fine.


It's probably as I thought, the ice kept things warmer than the air
temperatures. I still have ice on the garden, but it is melting. I was able to
keep the greenhouse at 39 degrees (on the floor) so all is well in there, phew.
Some of my brugmansias, if I had to replace them with same size would be into
the thousands of dollars...believe it or not.

I saw them selling a 5 gallon brug at that hoi palloy "Gardens" over on 35th st.
and they were charging 300 dollars for it. The plant was 3 feet tall in the
pot, so really not even three feet. Mine are well beyond 8 feet tall in huge 30
gallon containers.

I'm rambling...!