Question about Naked Ladies
Tony Avent (Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:33:37 PST)
Jim and Jim:
When I visited Argentina, I was fascinated to see tropical trees growing
alongside Zone 5 trees. The key is the temperature at which winter
chilling is effective for the cold-requiring species. It seems that
some plants actually get adequate winter chilling if there are enough
hours between 40 and 45 degrees F. This is what allows plants with
seemingly opposite temperature requirements to be happy together in
climates that never freeze. I suspect there may be something similar at
work with the bulbs.
Tony Avent
Plant Delights Nursery @
Juniper Level Botanic Garden
9241 Sauls Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA
Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F
Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F
USDA Hardiness Zone 7b
email tony@plantdelights.com
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"I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent
J.E. Shields wrote:
Jim McK,
You're right, I had completely forgotten that discussion; and it does
seriously puzzle me, too.
Jim Shields
At 11:07 AM 12/14/2007 -0500, you wrote:
Jim Shields and others: you might want to go back and re-read the postings
from Lauw Dejager and myself on this topic. Lauw lives in an area which
allows him to have both Phoenix canariensis (a date palm which in east coast
of North America terms is a zone 9 plant) and flourishing, flowering Lycoris
squamigera.
There is a puzzle here I don't understand.
Jim McKenney
Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd.
P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/
Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA
Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA
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