Outdoors in NJ

From: magrysbo at shu.edu on 2001.11.12 at 21:43:04(7808) Light frost last night. Alocasia 'Yautia', Brugmannsia, and Colocasia leaves hit hard. Kaichen A103 '00 a bit limp, A102 '99 and vatious konjacs already dormant, but A101 '99 relatively unaffected. Arum purpureospathum, concinnatum, and (italicum x maculatum), all sheltered to some degree, and of course italicum out in the open, all in leaf for a while now, not affected. Arum creticum putting up a shoot against the brick wall of the east-facing foundation between Asarum nipponicum and an Arum concinnatum, all under a Musa basjoo. Arum cyrenaceum putting up a shoot in the back of the coldframe. Where is my Arum nigrum? Can't find its tag either at the west facing wall. There Dracunculus canariensis looks fine (must be potted up soon and brought indoors) under a Brugmannsia that survived only slight damage. Nearby against this wall are spring-formed offsets of Arisaema consanguineum 'Silver Center' that resprouted in September, still in leaf. One had bloomed and its pollen was put on an Arisaema triphyllum that was de-refridgerated in July and planted further back, in the open. It is struggling to hold on its leaves but hopefully the infructescence forming will have time to mature. Bonaventure Magrys +More Cliffwood Beach, NJ

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