Plants That Were Not Killed By Connecticut's WASPy Embrace
To the uninitiated, Connecticut's frigidity can be quite startling and unpleasant. Apparently this goes double for plants accustomed to such balmy locales as Brooklyn, NY. (The Hartford area is zone 6a, whereas Brooklyn is 7b.)
Of the plants I moved to Connecticut in January, here's what I can confirm survived in sub-irrigating planters through the winter:
Elderberry 'Samdal' (above ground parts were cut for transport and it entirely regrew)
Rhubarb
Red currant 'Red Lake'
Nannyberries and wood nettle
Chocolate mint
Yarrow
Blackberry (regrew after being cut off at soil level)
There's definitely other activity going on in the containers, but right now it's hard to tell between intentional and unintentional plantings. I'm a little disappointed because there's no sign of life from some of my favorite plants- the ramps, passionflowers, black lace elderberry, and the Phyllostachys bamboo. BUT, on a more encouraging note, there's this:
...a very tiny shoot from the miraculous arrow bamboo that regrew from the roots one time before!
The containers that stayed in Brooklyn all winter fared much better- I'll profile them in the next post.