Hardiness of Dracunculus canariensis

From: Tom Croat Thomas.Croat at mobot.org> on 2001.07.01 at 03:45:45(6920) Title: Hardiness of Dracunculus canariensis Dear Aroiders: I have a message from Mohammad Mehdi Fayyaz Director, UW Botany Greenhouses and Botanical Garden Tel. 608-262-2235 +More 608-263-2033 Fax 608-262-7509 http://www.wisc.edu/botany/Garden http://www.wisc.edu/botit/tour He asks the question- How hardy is Dracunculus canariensis? I know that Petra over wintered D. vulgaris here in St. Louis but if any of you have any experience with D. canariensis and its hardiness please pass that information on either to the list or directly to Mohammad. Thanks! Tom

From: "Peter Boyce" boyce at pothos.demon.co.uk> on 2001.07.01 at 16:23:59(6930) Tom and all Dracunculus canariensis is not hardy in London, UK (average minimum - 2 C). The main problem seems to be that it starts grwoth very early (December or even a little earlier) and simply cannot handle frosting when in leaf. I'd recommend frost-free in a well-ventilated greenhouse. The good news is that grown in this manner D. canarensis is very easy. It produces copious stolons each giving rise to a new tuber. It is also easy from seed and, if kept growing will flower from seed in 18 months (compared with 3 - 4 years from D. vulgaris). +More Pete

From: Tony Avent tony at plantdel.com> on 2001.07.02 at 16:36:26(6936) Tom: Dranunculus canarensis was not hardy for us in Raleigh, NC either, growing nearby was D. vulgaris which was fine. Tony Avent +More Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdel.com phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 662-0370 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent

From: "George R Stilwell, Jr." grsjr at juno.com> on 2001.07.02 at 16:38:15(6938) Dracunculus canariensis didn't survive for me. (Zone 7) Ray GRSJr@Juno.com +More ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

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