Bulbs: Spring Bulbs - What's Blooming? II, 0 by seedpicker_TX

seedpicker_TX wrote:
Neal-
That a. vitifolium in the heronswood picture is gorgeous!

The regular abutilons are hardy for me. I usually plant them in hanging baskets, and leave them out all winter. Supposedly anything planted in a container is considered to experience one zone colder than it would planted in the ground. So, even regular abutilons are hardy to zone 7, according to that logic.

So, with a cloche, and some heat generated by leaf cover and decomposition, you should very well be able to push the zone. I don't care what zone you are in, one always want to push it, lol...

As your vitifolium gets bigger, you could do row covers with those hoop wires and plastic row cover. I used that one year over my citrus, until I found out they were hardy enough here, lol...

Also you can use old discarded windows and doors for great larger cold frames. I called a glass company, and they said they throw these glass doors away daily: