My husband and I decided to visit Huntington LIbrary (CA) on Sunday. We looked for the plumerias which we finally located in the desert garden. We found a few and this was one of them (I'm sorry I don't know which variety... I could not locate a tag):
Knowing that temperatures can drop below 30 degrees and into the low 20s in Padadena, CA, I wondered what they did to keep their plumerias war, (which were not in pots but actually planted). And then we saw how it is done....
There were in-ground gas heaters all over the place. Gave me an idea :-)
But HL had their losses last winter as evidenced by this sign in the children's garden....
They lost BARNEY!!! :-(
No fear, though. Barney is regrowing starting at his feet. Maybe next winter Barney will get his own heater :-)
nice pics jackie. and what i your idea? i was thinking about just using the heat lamps on nights below 35.
Thanks for posting this, Jackie! Very nice.
Well, my idea is that if we have another winter like that, I'm going to start up the gas patio heater :-) Actually, I've been afraid to put any of my plumerias in the ground. But I repotted one into a large pot that will be almost impossible to move. The propane heaters would help and would not need to be turned up much to do a lot of good. The desert garden at Huntington LIbrary had gas heaters all over the place, several encircling the plumerias. They were beautiful though not lots of flowers.
I just hope Barney gets one :-)
Here's a photo from the Japanese garden (unfortunately, it was overcast). The Chinese garden is scheduled to be open in Spring of 2008. The construction fence had viewing cut-outs so we were able to take a peek and see that it is going to be beautiful!
Thanks for the post and observation. Never thought of using patio heaters. Gas is cheap, compared to having to recoup a collection.
Someone once said on one of the sites that if the power goes out in a green house you can always use a bbq gas grill. I would have never thought of that one either. I freeked when I blew the circuit breaker to the green house last winter.
Our next club meeting here in PHX will be about getting our plants ready for winter. I sure hope that it won't be as cold as last year!
Mickey
Beautiful pics Jackie..
Thanks for sharing..
Lol digging barney..
Great pictures thanks for sharing! I had a idea of setting up a water bed mattress with its heater water would throw off heat and if power did go off take a long time to cool off. Make a wire table to go over it not touch it and keep the very young seedlings over it and cuttings serve as two purposes just might try it this year.
OMG - that Japanese garden is beautiful...could sit there for hours!!
