{"id":319,"date":"2008-01-10T17:35:16","date_gmt":"2008-01-11T00:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.remarc.com\/craig\/?p=319"},"modified":"2008-01-10T17:45:41","modified_gmt":"2008-01-11T00:45:41","slug":"pdn-advice-for-kim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/?p=319","title":{"rendered":"PDN advice for Kim"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kim (aka blackswampgirl) over at A Study in Contrasts<\/a> recently wrote about ordering plants<\/a> from Plant Delights Nursery<\/a>. I have love the plants I’ve purchased from PDN. But I had some advice for her that I will also share (slightly edited) here:<\/p>\n

I started reading the PDN catalog in the laundromat Saturday. (Our dryer is down. Can’t help but think how many plants I could buy for what it will cost to replace it.) Two pieces of PDN advice:<\/p>\n

First, set yourself a budget<\/strong> before you start through the catalog. You’ll have to eliminate two-thirds of what you want to come in under budget.<\/p>\n

Second, when your plants arrive, keep in mind they’re coming out of a Carolina spring<\/strong> into what we call April. (Remember our Tax Day Nor’easter?<\/a>)<\/p>\n

PDN plants are about the best I’ve ever bought. They bring me to tears when I open the box. But they haven’t been happy when I’ve stuck them right into the ground.<\/p>\n

Consider potting them up, maybe even growing them in a nice container the first year<\/strong> and then transplant them in the fall. At a minimum, treat them like your tomato seedlings<\/strong>. Put them in a cold frame. Move them in and out based on the nighttime temps.<\/p>\n

Perennials from nurseries in a climate similar to ours don’t get any special treatment here. I usually just slap in the ground on arrival or soon thereafter and they do just fine. But with PDN plants, use a little extra care to protect your investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kim (aka blackswampgirl) over at A Study in Contrasts recently wrote about ordering plants from Plant Delights Nursery. I have love the plants I’ve purchased from PDN. But I had some advice for her that I will also share (slightly edited) here: I started reading the PDN catalog in the laundromat Saturday. (Our dryer is … Continue reading “PDN advice for Kim”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-perennials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}