dracunculus hardiness/ Neighborly Reply

From: genebush at munchkinnursery.com on 1997.10.22 at 22:41:46(1467) Hi Stacy, My garden is located in Southern Indiana, not that far south from you. Only about 30 miles north and west from Louisville, KY. Listed as zone 6 here, but get zone 5 frequently. I have two forms of Arum italicum in the garden and have had for years. Both do very well. Arum maculata- again two forms- has done well for some years. I do not have, but neighbors do, Arum dracunculus and it seems to do well for them. Do not know if Fraser's Thimble Farms is on this list, but he has a goodly selection of Arums in his catalog over in Canada. Perhaps he could comment on hardiness of his different Arum species. That I would also be interested in seeing. Gene Bush Munchkin Nursery So IN Zone 6a genebush@munchkinnursery.com +More AR>Hi all, AR>I will probably purchase some dracunculus vulgaris next spring, and I AR>actually saw a hardiness zone 5 in one of my catalogs. Is this possible? AR>Is there any other aroider out there that lives in zone 5 (probably AR>considered zone 5b, I live in Bloomington, IN)? What other hardy aroids AR>besides arisaema can be grown as hardy perennials? AR>Oh, and another plant of interest - I would like to put some arum italicum AR>out, but the zone hardiness varies between 4 and 7. What's the scoop on AR>it? AR>Thanks AR>STacy AR>Stacy Holtzman sholtzma@sunflower.bio.indiana.edu AR>--- Biology Dept., Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 ---

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