Hardy Moraea
Dennis Kramb (Sun, 10 Oct 2004 17:21:12 PDT)
Of course these are all feeble attempts to grow in a climate
ultimately not suited, but stranger things seem to happen and hardiness
turns up where least expected. I guess I am willing to risk killing a
choice plant now and then out of curiosity.
I couldn't agree more with your statement that "hardiness turns up where
least expected". I have a fondness for plants from Crete. It amazes me
that they can be so cold hardy. I can only assume it has something to do
with the ice ages some 10000yrs ago (or whenever) which must have made
Crete a much colder island. Those plants still have that hardiness locked
up in their genes.
Dennis in Cincinnati, Ohio (USDA Zone 6)