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Jill Moritz commented on Garden-Share's group 'Organic'

This may be a bit late on tomato hornworm issue, but I just now read this thread. Next year, you might try growing borage (the herb) with your tomatoes. I have 9 heirloom tomato plants and haven't seen a single hornworm (knock on wood). I have…

Jun 30, 2010

Jill Moritz replied to Jill Moritz's discussion 'Protecting zone 5 plants in zone 4' in the group Zone 4

Hi Deanna, We lived in Helena for many years before we ended up out here, so it's nice to hear from another Montana gardener! We used to get down to -35 or worse just about every year that we lived there. But then, I think Helena was zone 4,…

Sep 16, 2009

Jill Moritz replied to Jill Moritz's discussion 'Protecting zone 5 plants in zone 4' in the group Zone 4

Hi Tracey, I think there are some pockets of zone 5 around here as well. This zone business is not as cut and dried as I had thought. We moved here two years ago from southwestern NM, so getting used to this climate has been a real challenge. We…

Sep 15, 2009

Tracey Bennett replied to Jill Moritz's discussion 'Protecting zone 5 plants in zone 4' in the group Zone 4

Hi Jill I also have some zone 5 plants and was wondering the same thing, my husband and I disagree as to whether we're a zone 4 or 5 ,I live in north central Massachusetts. I think we're going to mulch them heavily and wait and see.

Sep 15, 2009

Jill Moritz replied to Jill Moritz's discussion 'Protecting zone 5 plants in zone 4' in the group Zone 4

Thanks, Mary Ann. This is very encouraging. I didn't realize that cardinal flower came in colors other than red. I'm attaching a picture of green and gold (chrysogonum virginianum). It's a very pretty low growing, spreading plant with…

Sep 14, 2009

Mary Ann Morris replied to Jill Moritz's discussion 'Protecting zone 5 plants in zone 4' in the group Zone 4

Dear Jill, I have cardinal flower (red, blue and magenta varieites) and do nothing special. The red has reseeded itself (which is fine wiht me) without any help for special covering in the winter. Not sure what 'green and gold' is. I live…

Sep 14, 2009

Jill Moritz replied to Sassafras's discussion 'Natives and the Neighbors' in the group Native Plant Gardening

This is beautiful, Sassafras! How wonderful to live with such beauty. I much prefer the less structured and happy-go-lucky look of a native landscape to the repressed looking formal landscape. I'm impressed at how much the plants have grown as…

Sep 14, 2009

Protecting zone 5 plants in zone 4

Hi,I just planted a couple of plants that I later found out are suitable for zone 5. They're native plants: cardinal flower and "green and gold". I'm wondering if it would work to just mulch them heavily over the winter then peel the mulch back in the spring. Does anyone know whether this would work? Or would it hurt the plants to have all that mulch on them over the winter?Thanks!JillSee More

Jill Moritz added a discussion to the group Zone 4 Sep 14, 2009

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Jill Moritz replied to RICHARD-SALAZAR (Z-5b,6a)Erie-PA's discussion '! Greetings all my fellows gardeners!' in the group Pennsylvania

Hi All, I'm Jill Moritz from Bradford - just about 90 miles east of Erie. We have a cooler climate than you do (zone 4, mostly). It's nice to hear that there are others in our general part of the state on this site. Because we live in a…

Aug 4, 2009

Jill Moritz commented on Sassafras's group 'Native Plant Gardening'

Thanks for these links, Sassafras! I've been browsing through pawildflower.org and have found a couple of options that would be less than a 2 hr drive. That's pretty good for this region.

Aug 4, 2009

Jill Moritz commented on Sassafras's group 'Native Plant Gardening'

I'm very interested in planting native plants in my garden but don't know where to buy plants. Does anyone know of a native plant seller in the northwest Pennsylvania area? Thanks! Jill

Aug 3, 2009

Jill Moritz commented on RICHARD-SALAZAR (Z-5b,6a)Erie-PA's group 'Erie Pennsylvania'

Hello! I've just joined the Gardening index and it looks like a really helpful and informative site. I live in Bradford. Is that close enough to Erie to join this group? I don't see any other groups that make more sense climate-wise.

Aug 3, 2009