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Patty in Wisc · 10-16-2008, 07:32 PM

Neil, I'd be afraid to do that. I hear that basjoo are cold hearty but I don't think it will take those temps unless you build a heated greenhouse around it.
I planted a ice cream inground last May & we had a very unusual late frost night of May 28. I wrapped the stem but left the only 2 leaves out. The leaves died & it looked like a dead stick, but new leaves grew. It would take a LOT of mulch to keep frost out in Z5.
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10-16-2008, 07:32 PM	#7 (permalink)
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