terrariums
Tony Avent (Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:12:12 PST)

John:

We found another hemiboea at pretty high elevation in Taiwan last summer,
where the summer temperatures seem more like the UK, so I'd be interested to
hear how this genus fares for you. Conversely, the titanotrichiums that we
found in Taiwan were from warmer areas and they may need the summer heat to
pick up winter hardiness. As for Sinningia leucotricha, we just potted 100
seedlings and will run some hardiness trials, to select a good outdoor
clone. The clone we currently grow in the ground doesn't have the most
silver leaves, so we'll be selecting for that trait combined with winter
hardiness.

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
website http://www.plantdelights.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
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Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 12:05 PM
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The hardiness of Sinningia leucotricha in the Atlantic States is
remarkable - everything about it appears to scream 'not hardy'. I shall have

to consider whether or not to risk one of my old tubers here...

I greatly admired Tony's Hemiboea when at Plant Delights Nursery last year,
as well as several other Sinningia spp & cronies e.g. Titanotrichum. They
all clearly need experimenting with over here, but my suspicion is that many

will find our summers too cool for their liking.

John Grimshaw

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