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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 91537" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Star's got some good advice, especially about buying the spent plants really cheap and then rescuing them. Some plants are a waste of time and money to do this (ie coriander!) but chrysanthemums are great.</p><p></p><p>We don't get frosts here, just occasional summer hail instead. But I read a lot of plant books, most of which have been written for Northern Hemisphere conditions.</p><p></p><p>Even in CT, if you mulch over winter the plants should survive. The thickness of the mulch will depend on how bad things get in your area, and if any part of the plant is still green it could get frost-damaged, but a number of plant varieties commonly die right back for winter and almost grow while you watch when the weather warms up.</p><p>Some plants - you don't wait for them to die back, you cut them back to ground level and then mulch over the top for winter.</p><p></p><p>If in doubt, check with a nursery man in your area.</p><p></p><p>I'm more into herbs etc than flowers. And don't envy me the lack of frosts - this limits a lot of plants. Many seeds and bulbs will not grow here until we put them in the fridge for a few months first. Some plants won't grow here at all - I'd love to grow raspberries and others in that group, but not a hope. And my herbs STILL die back for winter! At least, most of them. I found a marvellous little salad gem called Salad Burnet - it actually stays green through a snowy winter, according to my notes - they used to use it to ward off scurvy through long white winters in Europe. And it's pretty, too, with a delicate cucumber taste to the leaves. It's the only green herb I know which seems happy winter or summer. Mostly it's the woody plants which do OK over winter, but there are exceptions.</p><p>And remember, this is based on my reading and learning about Europe, I can't test things for myself.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with the mums.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 91537, member: 1991"] Star's got some good advice, especially about buying the spent plants really cheap and then rescuing them. Some plants are a waste of time and money to do this (ie coriander!) but chrysanthemums are great. We don't get frosts here, just occasional summer hail instead. But I read a lot of plant books, most of which have been written for Northern Hemisphere conditions. Even in CT, if you mulch over winter the plants should survive. The thickness of the mulch will depend on how bad things get in your area, and if any part of the plant is still green it could get frost-damaged, but a number of plant varieties commonly die right back for winter and almost grow while you watch when the weather warms up. Some plants - you don't wait for them to die back, you cut them back to ground level and then mulch over the top for winter. If in doubt, check with a nursery man in your area. I'm more into herbs etc than flowers. And don't envy me the lack of frosts - this limits a lot of plants. Many seeds and bulbs will not grow here until we put them in the fridge for a few months first. Some plants won't grow here at all - I'd love to grow raspberries and others in that group, but not a hope. And my herbs STILL die back for winter! At least, most of them. I found a marvellous little salad gem called Salad Burnet - it actually stays green through a snowy winter, according to my notes - they used to use it to ward off scurvy through long white winters in Europe. And it's pretty, too, with a delicate cucumber taste to the leaves. It's the only green herb I know which seems happy winter or summer. Mostly it's the woody plants which do OK over winter, but there are exceptions. And remember, this is based on my reading and learning about Europe, I can't test things for myself. Good luck with the mums. Marg [/QUOTE]
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