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- From: kathleen@casbs.Stanford.EDU (Kathleen Much)
- Subject: Re: perennials that don't like the heat
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.224717.7580@casbs.Stanford.EDU>
- Keywords: perennial
- Sender: news@casbs.Stanford.EDU (CASBS News Service)
- Organization: Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
- References: <1jo32eINN4br@aurora.engr.LaTech.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:47:17 GMT
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- In article <1jo32eINN4br@aurora.engr.LaTech.edu> garyk@engr.latech.edu writes:
-
- >Does anyone have experience with a perennial that did not make it
- >through a southern summer? We'd like to experiment with some
- >varieties we don't see in the local nurseries; but if we hear of
- >others' bad experience with a variety in the Deep South we'll
- > steer clear of it. > > >
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- Peonies and lilacs hated Houston's hot, humid summers. Carnations and
- pinks can be grown as cool-season annuals, not as perennials. Many
- rhododendrons need colder winters than the Deep South has, but of
- course azaleas do beautifully.
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