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I live in zone 6, so brought mine indoors to my sun room--but even the garage is warmer than freezing.This leads to my question: I hope that these bulbs do not require a dormant period.???
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It depends on your zone. The important thing is not to allow the bulbs to freeze as this will destroy them. In Zone 7, I have overwintered then in the ground successfully by using 8-12' layer of dried oak leaves as mulch. If that thick a covering will not keep the ground from freezing in your zone, then you will have to dig them up after the first light frost.
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i always dig up some (leave in garage) and leave some in ground over the winter and i have happy returns the following year.
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I,VE ALWAYS TREATED MINE LIKE I DO MY DIAHIA TUBERS. STORE IN A COOL, DARK, DRY PLACE TILL LAST FREEZE PASSES AND THE GROUND STARTS TO WARM UP.Answers
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Be sure to fertilize well. I find my plants do best with compost. I use manure compost from my nephew's clydsedale farm. My flower gardens and vegetable beds do tons better with this rich mixture, and it's an eco friendly, natural fertilizer. Be sure if you use manure compost that it has been sitting for a couple of years so it won't burn your plants. My nephew keeps his out in a big pile so the rains and weather conditions can "cool" it off. "Hot" compost will feel warm & may even steam, if applied hot, it burn & may even kill plants and bushes. Put it on the garden areas in the spring early, before planting or fall after cutting back plants. If applied in the fall, the winter snows can leach nutrients into the ground all winter with the melting early in the fall & early in the spring. As the compost breaks down it feeds the soil. Carefully, working the ground around the plant well, digging and turning the soil breaking it up well and mixing in the compost will allow nutrients to get to the roots of the plants and bushes quicker & revive ailing plants more readily & completely.Always be sure to provide adequate, consistent water & keep in partially shaded area. During the heat of summer water more frequently. Watch plants & bushes for signs of "thirst" such as drooping learves and blooms. Hydrangeas that have been overheated usually pop back within a few hours once they get watered. Soak them well every couple of days more often if they droop severely. This lessens the stress on the plant allowing it to develop more beautifully rather than just fight to survive. It can grow larger and bloom more abundantly.
Adding fertilizers purchased at the garden center can help produce more blooms too. Read the labels and look for proper bloomer fertilizers. These should have proper amounts of N-K-P.
Nitrogen, Potassium, Phoshrus.
Nitrogen (N) produces greener heathlier leaf system.
Potassium (K)produces more blooms & helps with photosynthesis.
Phosphorus (P) help with root system strength & tugor of the plant, and photosynthesis.
So, the more important nutrient for more blooms would be (K) Potssium. Follow directions as to amount and frequency of feeding the plants.
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are your Hydrageas in a pot? if they are in a pot and where potted at the wrong time and or were from a planted (mother) chances are that they will not ever bloom. this is common with aloe vera(all spieces) jade (all spieces). in case that helps.
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There are a few possible reasons why your hydrangeas are not blooming. There could be too much nitrogen in the soil (often causes an abundance of foliage, but no flowers). Improper pruning is another possible cause for your hydrangeas lack of blooms. If you had a late spring freeze in your area, this could have hurt any developing bloom buds.
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another name for a spider plant is Air Plant... I've only known it as spider plant but here in the US it's called Air.A:
A spider plant, he/she is asking for, not a spider flower. A real spider plant pict is attached.Images for this Answer
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I live in IL and plant 200 tulip bulbs every fall at our church. I have planted as late as first week of November, in the mud because we had so much rain. The next year they bloomed magnificently. I was told not to plant too early in fall, because a late warmup could confuse bulbs and they start to grow. Not good! Just be sure to plant the proper depth for the bulb. I think generally, it's three times the size of the bulb deep eg: 2" tulip goes approx 6" deep. Smaller bulbs like grape hyacinths or crocuses would be much more shallow, say 1" bulb goes 3" deep.
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Plant the fall bulbs now. They will be in cold wet soil all winter and for many years. They will not bloom unless they are planted now. Just make sure the bed is high enough that there is no standing water. If drainage is a problem, buy a bag or two of soil or sand to work into your soil before planting.Hopefully the bulbs will be blooming for many years.
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I will be having a wedding on that day and want added color in my garden.Answers
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I live in Anguilla ( near Puerto Rico) and I have a passalong hosta for 8 years now which I keep under the palm trees and a friend has several in her verandah. In Trinidad they are not uncommon, but again kept in a cool shaded part of the garden.
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Yes. I have seen one of the older large-leaf cultivars growing beautifully in Jamaica (Caribbean). It was in a large pot under the shade of a mango tree (quite heavy shade) and periodically bloomed large fragrant white flowers. It grows larger each year and the owner has started giving divisions to family and friends.Hostas are not tropical natives and are not indigenous to the Caribbean islands, so this plant had obviously been originally brought in by a private collector.
Interestingly, hostas are able to grow year-round in the tropics, and do not appear to need the period of dormancy they naturally go through in northern zones that have winters.
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I have three beautiful Hostas and I live in the US Virgin Islands. Is too bad we can't mail order the plants, they don't sell them down here.
