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Mon, Jan 28, 02 at 23:21
| According to my Botany instructor, tulips that come up too early because of rare warm days of January and February will pull themselves back down into the ground as the cold weather returns. Anyone heard of this? Any other plants that have survival adaptations similiar to this? |
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| Around here, they just freeze to the ground. |
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| I agree with the Professor. They just seem to snuggle down in the protection of the leaves. Of course, if the flower stalk has stretched high above the leaves, you're out of luck. |
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- Posted by NymphaeaRosa Z5/6 NJ (My Page) on Wed, Mar 13, 02 at 21:21
| When MY tulips experience a cold spell, they retreat to their beds with a cup of warm cappuccino, a good book, and down comforters made with only the finest French goose down. Martha Stewart |
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| Good one Nymph, except Martha's wouldn't have the nerve to retreat back into the ground!! |
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