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Forum: Beginner Gardening QuestionsReplies: 2, Views: 39
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Lap60
Edmond, OK

September 28, 2009
04:52 PM

Post #7113776

Can I overwinter my Boston Ferns and Asparagus Ferns in a cold frame? I live in the midwest.
ecrane3
Dublin, CA
(Zone 9a)

September 28, 2009
05:47 PM

Post #7113982

I don't think that'll be enough--I suspect you'd need a supplemental source of heat as well. Probably better to bring them inside unless you've got a greenhouse that you can heat.
Jim41
Delhi, LA

September 29, 2009
12:29 AM

Post #7115369

Boston fern's freeze real easy. Our asperagus ferns, we leave under the carport all winter. If the temp is going to be in the twenties, I through a sheet over them and then an old plastic tarp. We have some growing in the yard and the cold kills them back but they come right back the next spring. A friend of ours, cuts her Boston ferns off to the ground and moves them to the south side of the house and puts hay over them. Come back every spring.

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