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Plant of the Week:
Drunkard's Dream
(Hatiora salicornioides)
Wildflowers and Weeds of the Week:
Closed Gentian
(Gentiana andrewsii)
Catch up with our friend Patrick Vickery in rural Scotland:
Rural Ramblings 29
Site of the Week: University of Nebraska - Lincoln Extension Service
Nebraska Master Gardener Program
What's the latest on our website rewrite?: What's Growing On
Here is the question of the week from Emily's Mailbox:
February 1, 2010
Emily: My Elephant Ear Got Hit by the Cold.
Dear Emily: My elephant ear got hit by the recent cold. Will it come back?
A: Even in zone 8 in South Carolina we left our Elephant Ear out for the winter. However, it was in direct sun and a good microclimate. Any freeze will cause the plant to get mushy and the leaves will die. This even happened in Northern Florida when the temperatures would get below freezing just for a few hours at night.
The good news is, that if the freeze did not cause the root ball or bulb to get mushy, the plant will probably come back in the next few weeks.
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