Your Questions About Gardening

GardenersCardiff answers:

I think the best thing about my gardening zone is the weather. Living in So. Cal., we can grow things pretty much year round and don’t have to move plants inside or cover them in the Winter or worry about the snow and cold killing them. Having said that, though, the soil in my area is basically like clay — very hard and difficult to dig. And like a previous respondent said, weeds run amok. I can pull them one day, and when I go back outside the next day, there are new ones already growing!

If I could change my zone, I think I might choose Zone 1. At certain times of the year, it would be SO cold there that nothing could possibly grow, so I’d just pack up the gardening gloves and enjoy the snow.

GardenersCardiff answers:

Perennial mums are zoned for zone 3-9. Although it really depends on the cultivar as to its hardiness.
Florist Mums are not as hardy as others.

Mulch them and create a microclimate to shelter them from winter winds. If you can’t plant them on the south side of your house, build a modified version of the shrub shelters used for winter protection.You can build shrub shelters out of natural materials.
Or you can build an A-frame (or “snow frame”) out of store-bought lumber. Don’t prune in fall: existing branches offer the roots protection.
Prune in Spring.

GardenersCardiff answers:

Its either this one if not just keep watching ^^