Well, I posted this one time. I was very sad that this last Winter was so bad that it killed my two beautiful Blue Ice Cedar Tree. Well I bought 2 more to replace them last weekend. Turns out that it's iffy for them to live in my zone. I just wanted to share this with you all. We are in zone 6a and they need to live in no less than zone 7. Here is my dead one: Here is one of my new ones: So I have decided to plant them in pots and they can go outside for the Summer and will go back into the greenhouse for the Winter. I have done this with so many plants over the years. I guess I didn't do enough research and just listened to the garden center fella. He was wrong....Everyone should do their own homework and not just take others advice no matter how smart they sound.
Hope it thrives for you. And I may add (from experience) you can't always rely on the plant tags either. I recently saw a Tropical Hibiscus that said it was hardy for zones 7-11. I almost bought it, but thought this is just not right. I looked it up and found out it was for zones 9-11.
Barb, Do you have any warmer 'micro-climates' on your land? A sheltered spot maybe against a wall with southern exposure? It might be zone 7 there. But of course it is a risk....
You know it Cayuga Morning. I have one wonderful beautiful micro climate here but it is against my foundation of my house and I don't want those trees there. I never thought of being cautious of what the label says. I will always check now. It's wonderful that we can check the internet with our phones nowadays, right at the garden centers. So to get it right, 2 died in the gardens and I have 2 replacements. We are still hoping the first two will sprout something this Spring but I know that is just a pipe dream.
if you got a lesson from this incident then you lose nothing. keep caring your entire plants so that they grow better
How frustrating that the guy in the garden center gave you such false information! Hopefully they'll thrive now
