Ellen: Great news on the xHomoglad. I have heard from gardeners in zone 6b that they were fine there, but you are continuing to push hardiness for many plants...thanks. At 06:40 PM 7/21/2004 -0400, you wrote: >I was astonished to find an x Homoglad blooming here in my garden this >spring. I had not seriously considered planting any outside (I keep them >in flats in a greenhouse which is "heated" to 32-35F in winter, where they >grow beautifully and provide wonderful flowers for cutting in April and >May); I suppose this one had escaped into the compost and thence made its >way to the garden. Now I plan to put in a whole drift and see how they do >here in the banana belt of upstate New York. > >Ellen Hornig >Seneca Hill Perennials >Oswego NY USA >Zone 5 > >Original Message: >----------------- >From: Tony Avent tony@plantdelights.com >Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 16:59:51 -0400 >To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >Subject: Re: [pbs] Gladiolus tristis > > >Jim: > > While Gladiolus tristis has been weak, but surviving in zone 7b, the >xHomoglads have been outstanding. Since Homoglossom is no more, I guess >it's now a Gladglad. In flower, we see little difference, but the vigor is >outstanding compared to the species. It emerges in March (despite cold >temps) and flowers in early - mid-April. > > >Tony Avent >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 919 772-4752 >"I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least >three times" - Avent >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >mail2web - Check your email from the web at >http://mail2web.com/ . > > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > Tony Avent 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 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent