Hi i got alot of things arrived while i was away on a emergency
I got daylilies,shrubs,iris,fall bulbs lillium,we had a bad frost killed alot of plants some are still alive.
then yeserday i woke to snow on ground.no much and is gone i have alot of planting left does anyone know after a bad frost and such am i still ok?Help......................
CLOSED: help it is to late to plant any of these-I was away
Hi
I would plant them and mulch them with leaves. I think they will be fine as long as the ground isn't frozen and it is a long way from that here. I would give them some bone meal too if you have some. I am putting in a few things in here too. We didn't get any snow but have a frost this AM.
Talk to you later
thanks alot for info
Being a clearance sale junkie, I always find myself planting too late. But it typically not been a problem with tough plants like iris and daylilies.
would you know about shrubs like Butterfly bush or seet shrub?thanks for letting me know
Hi Maine, In addition to Chicory's advice, I have found in the past that putting a cold frame, or just a support for 1 or 2 layers of translucent plastic (thick) draped over it and anchored down with bricks or stone raises the likelihood that challenged plants will make it through the winter. Personally, I did not lift the plastic on warm days, although that is advised. We did this with various kinds of Chinese members of the cabbage family, and enjoyed harvest into December, picking up again in March - whereas ordinarily that would not happen here.
The National Arboretum in nearby Washington, DC has been placing cones of woven polyethelene (I think they're called row covers in some places) around tender tea roses (not as hardy as most hybrid teas), with mulch at the base of the plant. These cones can be opened or closed at the top (clothes pins would work) as temperatures rise and fall.
Regarding the buddleia - one November I planted something about whose hardiness I was dubious in open, unprotected ground. I marked the place of each plant with a stick from a pile of buddleia prunings that had been laying about for a few weeks. I thought those buddleia sticks were quite dead. Guess which one leafed out in the spring and made fine plants? I later learned that this is how you propagate a woody plant from hardwood cuttings. (There's more to the technique, like drainage and protection and putting 4/5 of cutting in ground for those doing this on purpose.) Why not plant some prunings from the "dead" woody plants you suspect may be kaput as if you were propagating hardwood cuttings - in addition to putting the whole plant in the ground?
I did murder a buddleia this summer when I tried to move it. Perhaps this is a case where a plant is better moved in a dormant state when it doesn't know what it's human is up to. Also, perhaps it's possible that the plants that look dead now have just been nudged into a dormant state? I would go ahead and plant them and see what happens next year. The National Arboretum once had a gorgeous collection of camellias that appeared to be quite dead in the spring following the winter of 1982. Some kept looking quite dead until the end of summer, when they began to leaf out again around the base. If I'm not having a senior moment here, then I can say that some didn't leaf out until the next year. (This arboretum then began a breeding program which resulted in hardier camellias with more winter-hardy buds. DD insists these aren't "really" camellias, but I love having 'Snow Flurry' blooming in my garden from October to December here. I have my doubts about these making it in a Maine winter, but for others reading this, if you plant them, be sure to mix in sharp-edged gravel to retard root-chomping voles.)
I have heard of iris being misplaced, forgotten about and left on top of the ground all winter in New York that survived. I've never lost any bearded iris from a November planting here.
So, on the whole, it looks pretty good to me about the survival of your bulbs, woody plants, daylilies and iris.
What is a "seet" shrub?
Hope this helps.
i think she means sweet shrub. mine is in the ground right now but was planted this summer. its really not a good time to plant but plant it and mulch it to death. i know our nurseries only sell them in the spring. plant it in sun with some shade.
thanks I have a cold frame with a top that lifts that might work.Im out in gardening this afternoon thanks for response
And then put a bale of hay up against each side of your plastic tent?
Ooh - sweet shrub! Love those plants our grandmothers treasured. I think I read somewhere about someone carrying one in her handkerchief to sniff to liven up time spent listening to sermons.
bluespiral are you looking for sweer shrub robin thanks for info
Maine, thanks for asking, but I wouldn't have room for another woody plant the size of sweet shrub. That would be very pretty underplanted with primroses and snowdrops - might need to keep lower branches off ground for that - a tad. I suspect your usage of "robin" is not referring to the bird???
Ok bluespiral,I had exra that is why I asked.....yes not the bird