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Over wintering Karley Rose in Omaha area
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Posted by Grammahony ECentral NEz5 (My Page) on Sun, May 8, 05 at 11:47
I am just reporting back here on Karley Rose in our Nebraska winters. I can't remember who I told I would report back to.
It made it through last winter. BUT we had a mild winter, I feel. I piled some mulch on it, then covered it with a rose cone, and put a brick on that to make sure it didn't blow off. It is about 8" tall and green now.
Leslie |
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RE: Over wintering Karley Rose in Omaha area
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| Hi Leslie, Don't you just love this grass?! I planted 3 last spring and they are back. We had a so-so winter, brief lows of around 5 below, and they had no protection other than a bit of shredded leaf mulch. Very much looking forward to their performance this year! |
RE: Over wintering Karley Rose in Omaha area
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I do love it. Hopefully more so this year. I got it on line last summer, and it was just a sprig of a plant. I will let you know later how well it does this year.
Leslie |
RE: Over wintering Karley Rose in Omaha area
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- Posted by Jake z4b-5 NE (My Page) on
Mon, May 9, 05 at 17:45
| Leslie - While running around yesterday I saw "Karly Rose" on sale at a Bellevue nursery. As I too live in the east part of Nebraska I am not real comfortable with Karly Rose being hardy in our area. Everything I've read or have been able to find says Karly is a Z6 plant. But, then again it would not be or will not be the last time we've spent money on a plant that we just had to have. We first saw Karly Rose at the Powell Garden just outside of Kansas City. Very attractive grass. The inflorescence with its soft pink hue was really eye catching. At least at Powell Gardens. Jake |
RE: Over wintering Karley Rose in Omaha area
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| I've never heard of it, nor do my books list its common name. What is its botannical name? |
RE: Over wintering Karley Rose in Omaha area
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| BruMeta, it's Pennisetum orientale 'Karley Rose'. It overwintered for us here Z5 this year. But we have significant snow cover. Polly |
RE: Over wintering Karley Rose in Omaha area
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And we didn't have much snow at all. Maybe a total of 8". But we didn't have the bitter below zero temps all that much either. So I feel we had a mild winter, and had it been a "normal Nebraska winter" it may have not made it. But, I am glad it did. I believe it is on the border of making it here.
Leslie |
RE: Over wintering Karley Rose in Omaha area
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| Karly Rose has been fully hardy here in 5b with very little snow cover. It's very late to show green. |
RE: Over wintering Karley Rose in Omaha area
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- Posted by doniki z5/6 NE Ohio (My Page) on
Tue, May 10, 05 at 12:26
Karley Rose is also adaptable here. It has taken -10F a few years ago without a problem or any protection- at all...
It is always one of the last grasses to emerge for me in Spring. It is probably also my favorite... |
RE: Over wintering Karley Rose in Omaha area
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I read it was hardy to zone 5, but sometimes those claims are not true. But in this case, and the mild winter we had, it did make it. Anxious to see it this summer, it's 2nd, because it should be a little larger clump than last year.
Leslie |
RE: Over wintering Karley Rose in Omaha area
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| Karley Rose has returned for the 4th year here in my zone 5 just north of Pittsburgh. I divided her this year into 3 pieces. All 3 are now showing a little green. She is late to take off, but once she does, stand back. I have never given any protection other than a 2 inch layer of pine bark that is over the whole large bed she is in. This winter was the coldest, but with the most snow cover. This is a most attractive grass. Worth trying for sure. |
RE: Over wintering Karley Rose in Omaha area
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| I am new here and found this site by searching for Karly Rose. I am so glad to see that this is a late grass, since I was worried that she might have winter killed. She was new last year & I loved her. Are there other grasses that are late, too? My Ravenna grass & a few others are not showing any green yet either. |
RE: Over wintering Karley Rose in Omaha area
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| I planted a Karly Rose last year and was certain it was dead in late May of this year...but in early June it started showing signs of life and now it is a beautiful as it was last year. I now know to wait on this baby before giving up on her...She just likes to sleep late is all. She should have been called Lazy Mary rather than Karly Rose. Blackie |
RE: Over wintering Karley Rose in Omaha area
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Bringing this back up.
My Karley Rose is still doing great. It is late to green up, but is doing great as of the first part of this month.
Leslie |
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