POSTED: April 20, 2005 by junebug
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thanks for the reassurance...looking forward to seeing them this year. this is my first year in seeing *MY* garden grow. last summer i ripped out alot of the previous owner's stuff and replanted my own selections and am worrying about them. all this gardening is so new to me :P
My hostas haven't started yet either . Mine have been a couple of years and always come back. I wouldn't panic yet.
a number of years ago. We used to be zone 4 in Ottawa and I often find myself looking for zone 4 stuff still!
thanks for clarifying that for me...not sure why i thought we were zone 5. i could have sworn people around here have said we are around a zone 5...hhmmmm
Toronto proper is zone 6a -- I know you are milder than we are in Ottawa and we are zone 5a (5a is harsher than 5b). See the new map for Canadian zones......
http://wms1.agr.gc.ca/cgi-bin/mapplant2000?mode=browse&zoomdir=1&zoomsiz...
this one should actually take you to the page where I have zoomed in far enough to see Toronto. If it doesn't work, then start from the fornt page which is: http://wms1.agr.gc.ca/cgi-bin/mapplant2000?mode=browse&layer=zones&layer...
i believe toronto is zone 5 - atleast that's what i've been going by. not sure what the 'a' or 'b' mean so i just stick with zone 5 when selecting plants for my garden....
here in Ottawa (zone 5a) the ground is really not completely thawed yet. Many of my perennials are still only looking like last year's dead stuff, but they are in there and will come along sooner or later. Keep in mind it will not only depend on the time since the snow has disappeared and the ground has thawed, but also how much warmth the sun has so far brought to your garden where the hostas are. In mine, which is a north-west exposure, I find things are often later than other east or south-facing gardens around the neighbourhood by a week or sometimes more. And if your garden is near the house, like Foxxy's, the heat from the foundations and reflected from the walls will speed things up. My garden is far from the house, and that's another reason it is later.
What zone are you in, junebug?
If you planted just last year it is small plant and will sprout up eventually. Mine are older larger plants and are up just 1" right now. They are also by the house so get heat from there which helps with the sprouting. :)
We're a bit ahead here in my zone, and some varieties are just starting up.