Comments on: What happens to plants after an untimely freeze? Part 1

By: Bountiful Blooms: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day July 2011 — Cold Climate Gardening

Bountiful Blooms: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day July 2011 — Cold Climate Gardening — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:27:03 +0000

[...] it is a sentimental favorite. I grew it from seed that my grandma gave me. It has been ravaged by untimely hard freezes these past several years, knocked back before it could even form buds. Its sister bulb failed to [...]

By: Garden Clean-Up in Spring — Cold Climate Gardening

Garden Clean-Up in Spring — Cold Climate Gardening — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:39:13 +0000

[...] there are sure to be more wintry days before spring is truly here. (Ahem. Do you remember that hard freeze we had in late May last [...]

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:44:19 +0000

Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to comment, May. I will try to remember this dahlia trick next spring. My dahlias didn’t winter over 2009-2010 and I didn’t replace them, partly because I plant them by the porch and the porch was getting torn down and rebuilt. So maybe next year . . .

By: May R. Vail Lee

May R. Vail Lee — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 07:03:13 +0000

Hi! Today is 10-13-10 and I just stumbled into your blog because I wanted to read more about dahlias. I live about 20 miles to the border of Canada and Washington State. We have a little bit milder climate but I always dig up my dahlias. Today, I spent it just digging my dahlias. We had a very wet spring, summer and fall that almost all my dahlias did not survive. I moved the patch to this area just to rotate the planting areas. Unfortunately,we had a lot of rain; the ground is a little bit lower and I did not realize that the ground is really clay below even though we had it plowed so many times because we planted corn and squash and cucumbers there before. It kept all the tubers in water and almost everything turned into mush. Now for your spring planting, save your gallon or quart juice and milk containers, take out the cover and cut off the bottom. Dig the hole deep, put your stake, plant your dahlia tubers, cover well halfway then thread through the plastic bottle, pack more soil to anchor the plastic bottle. Do not take the cover until the dahlia leaves are coming out of the top. You will have a head start in your planting and at the same time, avoid having to spend money on the slug bait. Have fun! May

By: Plants emerging later fare better — Cold Climate Gardening

Plants emerging later fare better — Cold Climate Gardening — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:09:17 +0000

[...] does them no good if they can’t handle the vagaries of a northern spring. If it were the third week of May and we had a hard freeze, I’d cover these plants. But sorry, this early in spring I’m not babying anything, [...]

By: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day August 2009 — Cold Climate Gardening

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day August 2009 — Cold Climate Gardening — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:08:36 +0000

[...] the frozen dahlia [...]

By: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day June 2009 — Cold Climate Gardening

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day June 2009 — Cold Climate Gardening — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:29:09 +0000

[...] heart is blooming in my garden for the first time. This is the same bleeding heart pictured in my first post about freeze damage. Just as I had predicted then, a few blooms survived because it was [...]

By: kerri

kerri — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:47:22 +0000

Kathy, I'm late, but glad I didn't miss this post. It's interesting to see the damage you've documented. I don't think our temp was quite as low as yours on the 19th, but that was a doozy of a freeze, wasn't it? My bleeding hearts were looking glorious, and then ZAP, they were reduced to pale strings of shriveled hearts. The white bush survived almost undamaged though...it's perhaps a little more sheltered than the pink, but right next to it. Our Miss Canada (late blooming) lilac seems to have been damaged too (leaves curled under and had brown edges), but it made a comeback and is blooming now. I do hope those lilies survive that were passed as seed from your grandmother. kerri’s last blog post..Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - June '09

By: Dee/reddirtramblings.com

Dee/reddirtramblings.com — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:11:28 +0000

Oh, you poor girl. It is always cooler at my rural home than in the towns I live between, so I understand about the temperature variances. So sorry about the freeze.~~Dee Dee/reddirtramblings.com’s last blog post..Hangin’ with my Peeps

By: Mr. McGregor's Daughter

Mr. McGregor's Daughter — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:51:36 +0000

I'm going to make note of the deeper planting for Dahlias. At least that's going to do something in your garden this year. I'm sorry about all the damage. Mr. McGregor's Daughter’s last blog post..A Grand Day Out at the Chicago Botanic Garden Part I