Date: Saturday, March 5, 2005 7:05 pm
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Zantedeschia hardiness
> Similar story here, Bonaventure. (NW Arkansas, solid USDA zone 6,
> little snow
> cover, wildly fluctuating temps rarely down to -20 F [-29 C] in
> winter.)
> Except that for me, they're all hardy except the one that should
> be, Z.
> aethiopica, the big white one.
>
> I've had a couple of varieties out for more than 10 years now, and
> several
> generations of their children as well. Others just a year or two,
> but so far
> seem equally happy. At this point, except for aethiopica, which
> just isn't
> going to grow outdoors for me, I toss them in the ground and am
> very confident
> that they'll show up next year, regardless of their parentage.
>
> Steve
>
>
> On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 bonaventure@optonline.net wrote:
>
> > Sue, I'm here in central coastal NJ where Alberta clippers have
> been bringing
> > near 0F temps regularly in winter. Its still cold and the top of
> the garden
> > soil is still frozen, but Zanties,a small floriferous pink and a
> medium white
> > with white-speckled leaves, are buried deep within the sandy sub-
> soil, and
> > have for several years been getting several inches of organic
> mulch a year. A
> > 'Goliath Yellow' or something like that, has not survived. They
> sprout and
> > quickly come into bloom in early summer. Bonaventure Magrys
> Cliffwood Beach,
> > NJ
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Susan Cox
> > Date: Thursday, March 3, 2005 0:02 am
> > Subject: [Aroid-l] Zanthedeschia 'coburn'?
> >
> > > To the person it may concern, or anyone else who might know:
> > >
> > > I received a Zanthedeschia from a person in Ireland (I can't
> remember who
> > > now, sorry) several years ago. It was told to me that this
> particular> > Zanthedeschia survived a terrible, terrible freeze
> in Ireland (I think)
> > > when many other very hardy plants did not survive. I am
> hoping to find the
> > > variety name.
> ...
>
>
> -- Steve Marak
> -- samarak@gizmoworks.com
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