A. campanulatus 'Mooreanus' came to me from a garden in central Illinois, where it grew for roughly 30 years. I'm told it's zone 5 there, and they assuredly don't have regular snow cover. When we were growing it for production, I kept two stock rows in an open garden, and the plants grew and bloomed lustily with no protection. I'm guessing they don't come much cold-hardier than this one. Ellen -----Original Message----- >From: James Waddick <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> >Sent: Jun 5, 2010 1:02 PM >To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Subject: Re: [pbs] Agapanthus - recommend cold hardy cvs. > >>Pinockio is tested in The Netherlands without cover at -18°C >>my coldest winter here was -12°C > >Dear Roland and all, > This cv is marketed as 'Pinocchio' in the >US . I just went through a half dozen bulb >references (it wasn't even in Phillips and Rix!) >and found no hardiness recommendation colder than >Zone 7. Close enough, but your -12 C is my 10.4 F >and not even close to most winters here that get >below 0 F or -5 F (-17 to -20 C). We get these >temps for extended period of night and day, not >just a passing overnight coldest temp. > > I need convincing they are hardy in Zone >5. Missouri is the 'Show Me ' state. 'Nuf sed' > > Best Jim >-- >Dr. James W. Waddick >8871 NW Brostrom Rd. >Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 >USA >Ph. 816-746-1949 >Zone 5 Record low -23F > Summer 100F + > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ Ellen Hornig Seneca Hill Perennials 3712 Co. Rt. 57 Oswego NY 13126 Phone: 315-342-5915 Fax: 315-342-5573 http://www.senecahillperennials.com/