"Dave Smith" ha scritto nel messaggio
> ViLco wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
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>> You must be getting sweeter winters than me here in Italy, my parsley has
>> >> never made it to spring. The best ones are rosemary and sage, both big
>> and >> strong. Then, every year I plant new parsley and basil seedlings,
>> this year >> the basil is "Pra", the one grown in Liguria for pesto.
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> This is peculiar. I assume that even in this very southern part of >
> Canada winter would be colder than in Italy. It sometimes hits -20C or >
> colder. Some years my parsley survives the winter and sometimes it does >
> not. My oregano is thriving. In fact, I have split and transplanted it >
> mid season and it still thrives. Rosemary and sage have never survived >
> a winter.

It's not just cold, Dave. Italy has lots of differences from one area to
the other, since in the mountains there might be snow all summer and on some
of the islands plants have to be protected in summer.
Parsley is biennial in this part if Italy and I bet Vilco has a friendly
creature who likes it. Both rosemary and sage will take a lot of cold...
sage grows in Maine... but they won't take cold AND wet. Rosemary that gets
an ice collar is a goner, even if the temp isn't that low.