May 6, 2019 Warm Night Temperatures, Jean Senebier, Lomatium, Alexander Von Humboldt, Temperate House, Massachusetts Hort Society, Andrea Wulf, The Invention of Nature, Mother's Day Flowers, and the Hudson Garden Club
We are on the cusp of continuous warm nights.
Warm soil temps will take a few more weeks.
Recently, I had a gardener ask me about their hearty hibiscus that was planted last year. They were worried it wasn't coming back; they didn't see any sign of life yet.
In Minnesota, gardeners often start to freak out a bit if they don't see signs of life during these first sunny days in May.
But remember, warmer weather plants won't start to do their thing until soil temps warm up. The soil temp has about a 2-3 week lag on the night time air temp. We are still about a week away from warm nights - nights…
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