On 2013-04-02 18:47:19 +0100, Kate said:

Hi

Is it crazy to plant things right now in the cold weather? It's 7/8/9 deg
by day here, just below freezing at night. Dry.

Thinking of things like hardy Shrubs, herbaceous Perenniels.

Cheers
Kate xx

It's the soil temperature that really counts. If you can, wait a while
and let the earth warm up a bit. If you plant now, there's a danger of
things being frosted both above ground and below, depending on where
you live. In cold soil, nothing is going to get its feet down and
start growing. We have beds that are totally empty and which we want
to fill but we're not doing it just yet and being a nursery, we're not
short of plants! Hang on a while!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
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