[gardeners] weather/misc
Seana Ames (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Wed, 26 Jan 2000 11:24:15 MST
Hey everyone,
Is anyone else out there?
It has finally gotten cold here. Don't get me wrong, I love to have actual
seasons, but it has been nice to have a mild fall. I spent a year in
Phoenix & it drove me nuts not to have the trees change color & get some
snow. (Denver is perfect for snow - you get some one day & its gone in a
week at the most.) I think where you grow up affects you one way or the
other - you either have this craving to have it that way or you hate it. I
grew up in the Northwest fairly close to the coast, so we had some hardwood
trees to watch the colors change in the fall. The contrast between the
evergreens & the many fall colored trees was always gorgeous. One thing I
do miss now, that I live in the Denver area is that we mainly have YELLOW
leaves here with a very few red sumac & the occasional sugar maple someone
has planted in their yard. Needless to say, I wasn't too impressed the
first time I was in the mountains in the fall & saw the famous Aspen trees
in their fall glory. I was rather stunned at the time that people actually
drove up there specifically to see them. I have grown to appreciate their
beauty over time.
I think we're finally going to get some more snow. I have lots of stuff out
there that is still green & growing. My Feverfew, Roses, Foxglove, Sage,
Parsley, Mint, Iris, etc etc are all still green & growing. I have
Daffodils coming up all over. My Pansies are still blooming their little
hearts out to. My carpet snapdragons - which were supposed to be annuals -
are still growing away too. My Crocus have been up again since. . .
October. I hope they are okay for the rest of our winter. It has taken
several years but my Mom & I have finally gotten over saying in January " Oh
No! Look the Daffs are coming up. I hope their okay " I guess its normal
for the Denver area. I have learned that its, when the tulips come up first
that there is a problem. I don't recall having crocus up in October before
though. I saw a few other people say they have bulbs coming up to. Where
do you guys live?
Has anyone in zone 5 ever had very good luck with lavender? Some years mine
is fine & others it all winter kills. I did read something in the High
Gardens Catalog about planting them with a gravel collar around them &
providing plenty of mulch for protection. Last year I had one survive under
the edge of one of my decorative grasses after all the leaves & the collar I
had them in blew away in a windstorm.
When I sit down to the computer I never think I have this much to say. How
does this happen?
Seana (looking forward to snowmen this afternoon)
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