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Divided lamb's ear, frost coming... HELP!

Posted by
mabugirl IL
(mabugirl@hotmail.com) on
Tue, Apr 25, 06 at 8:07

I divided my lamb's ear yesterday and now there is a frost warning for overnight tonight. I divided them ALOT because I knew they are quite hardy. If they had a little more time to recover I wouldn't worry so but really don't want these to bite the dust.

Yeah I know probably shoulda waited a bit more but it has been so gloriously warm the past month. What can I do to save these? Any and all suggestions are appriciated.

Oh and due to the unusually warm weather all my grape hyacinths (full bloom!), iris's, hollyhocks, colombine and even some forget-me-nots have taken off huge. Should I worry about them?

P.S. Dunno if this makes any difference or not but it rained last night this morning, suppose to become clear later this morning and the temps over night are suppose to range in mid to lower 30's.


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RE: Divided lamb's ear, frost coming... HELP!

  • Posted by lindac Iowa Z 5/4 (My Page) on
    Tue, Apr 25, 06 at 11:57

Lower 30's wont hurt anything but maybe the flower of the iris.
Newly divided plants are no more susptable to freezing than mature ones are.
If it's going to go below 30, I would toss an old sheet over the plants....but sometimes a cover weighing on the plants does more harm than good.
Linda C


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RE: Divided lamb's ear, frost coming... HELP!

Thanks Linda.. panicked a bit at first as you can see. I let them be and they were just fine. :)


 
 

 

 


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