Date of Award:
5-1966
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Plants, Soils, and Climate
Department name when degree awarded
Horticulture
Committee Chair(s)
Leonard H. Pollard
Committee
Leonard H. Pollard
Committee
Alvin R. Hanson
Committee
Louis A. Jensen
Committee
J. LaMar Anderson
Abstract
Many hardy annual flowers will live through the winter if there is sufficient snow protection. Since snow cover is not consistent from year to year it has been suggested that hardy annuals planted in late summer and provided with some kind of protection before severe freezing begins will live through the winter successfully. Not only would this enable plants to bloom four to six weeks earlier, but would also enable gardeners to utilize flowers not commonly grown in northern Utah.
Some studies conducted at the Utah Experiment Station in Farmington have indicated that plants such as candytuft and snapdragons can be overwintered successfully with blooms developing several weeks earlier in the season than spring planted seeds.
The objective of this research was to determine the value of mulches or other protective materials to overwinter hardy annual flowers in Northern Utah.
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Recommended Citation
Burningham, Melvin S., "The Effect of Protective Materials on the Overwintering of Hardy Annuals, Candytuft and Stocks" (1966). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 3181.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/3181
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