Georgia Gardening: After Danger Of Frost?, 0 by kdfisher

kdfisher wrote:
Hoping someone can clarify. I've been buying all these partial shade plants for what I hope to be a decent bog garden.

Included are some Elephant ears, Caladium, and Calla Lilies.

Lowes is my source of bulbs for now. It shows a planting chart saying my locale is safe for planting March to May, but then I read up on more information about these plants and it says "after the danger of frost" The question is, and I've seen all sorts of numbers for germination rates, is it safe to get them in the ground right now? Is the soil temp the real factor in when these things start to grow? My average last frost date the last ten years is somewhere around April 24.

Maybe they won't start popping through the ground until mid May or so? In that case the frost issue is mute?

Safe? or wait?

You can make out where the water lays after rain..brownish color, inside circle. If it dries out too much I can just pump water from the creek.

Any other tips for a newbie? I heard bulbs don't like to sit in standing water so I plan on sticking them in the ground on the edge of where the water sits. It usually drains after a few days, but remains moist.

Thanks:)