Calling all Port Orleans fans
in [Disney Parks]
|
Prev: Christmas Season
Next: Gays are not people
From: Peppermint Patty on 30 Jun 2010 08:43 Gardenias are tough plants to grow. I don't think they would survive up here at least not outside. I can't even keep one alive inside!!!!
From: Rudeney on 30 Jun 2010 10:31 Peppermint Patty wrote: > Gardenias are tough plants to grow. I don't think they would survive > up here at least not outside. I can't even keep one alive inside!!!! Really? We have tons of them down here and they survive just fine. I know it doesn't get as cold here, but we do have days where temps never go above freezing and even some hard freezes don to the teens and single-digits. Generally, if a plant can survive sub-freezing temps for more than 24 hours, it's good as long as it gets enough water and light in the growing season. -- - RODNEY Next WDW Vacation? Who knows! Need to know more about RADP (rec.arts.disney.parks)? http://www.radp.org http://allears.net/btp/radp_bk.htm http://allears.net/tp/abrev.htm Are you still accessing RADP via Google? Why? Get instructions on how to access to the "real" RADP Usenet Group here: http://meets.radp.org/usenet.htm
From: Caren on 30 Jun 2010 11:03 On Jun 30, 10:31 am, Rudeney <rude...(a)mickeypics.com> wrote: > Peppermint Patty wrote: > > Gardenias are tough plants to grow. I don't think they would survive > > up here at least not outside. I can't even keep one alive inside!!!! > > Really? We have tons of them down here and they survive just fine. I > know it doesn't get as cold here, but we do have days where temps never > go above freezing and even some hard freezes don to the teens and > single-digits. Generally, if a plant can survive sub-freezing temps for > more than 24 hours, it's good as long as it gets enough water and light > in the growing season. > We have weeks where the temperature never gets above freezing and days where it barely budges above 0°. There's a vast difference between the light frosts of southern winters and what we get up north--you should know what zone you're in and buy plants suited to it. Even paying attention, we regularly lose supposedly hardy plants such as sage. Check into the hardy hibiscus--looks very tropical and is good to zone 4 or 5. -- Caren TDC Queen of Adventureland
From: Ginny Favers on 30 Jun 2010 12:29 On 6/29/2010 9:30 PM, Meerkat1 wrote: > In article<i06b8t$jq5$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Ginny Favers<ginnyfavers(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have a challenge for you! >> >> We are going to paint our house and outbuildings in the color scheme >> used at Alligator Bayou, and I want to do some landscaping to go with it. >> >> Can you guys name all the plants you see in Port Orleans' landscaping? >> Magnolia trees are what I remember the most. >> >> What else? >> >> I have to start trying to figure out what would be hardy up here for our >> freezing winters. There actually is a big, thriving magnolia tree >> around the corner from us, so I know that can be done! > > Are you going to name your house? I call my rental the 'Tiki House' > based on our decorating scheme. > It's a hodgepodge inside. A combination of everything we love - all our favorite resorts. Mickeyola? ~Amanda
From: Ginny Favers on 30 Jun 2010 12:45
On 6/30/2010 8:43 AM, Peppermint Patty wrote: > Gardenias are tough plants to grow. I don't think they would survive > up here at least not outside. I can't even keep one alive inside!!!! Nix on the gardenias. But I have found the following things that seem appropriate and are supposedly hardy outdoors here: Dwarf palmetto Natchez crepe myrtle Bracken's Brown Beauty magnolia Loblolly pine Hardy jasmine Encore azalea Arctic Queen clematis Choctaw blackberry The magnolia is a patented cultivar that's only available from a few places, but we found a nursery in central Jersey we can go pick one up in our cargo van when we get the money together. The Encore brand azaleas are available at Lowe's and all the big box retailers. The rest and probably lots more I found at http://www.tytyga.com. What an amazing nursery! Super website. A little strange -- you'll have to go look and see for yourself -- Bible videos about plants and half naked young adults photoshopped next to plants -- but great plants, copious information and easy navigation. Estimated price tag, doing all the work ourselves, is around $600 so far. ~Amanda |