Zantedeschia hardiness

From: Steve Marak samarak at gizmoworks.com> on 2005.03.06 at 00:05:53(12768) Similar story here, Bonaventure. (NW Arkansas, solid USDA zone 6, little snow cover, wildly fluctuating temps rarely down to -20 F [-29 C] in winter.) Except that for me, they're all hardy except the one that should be, Z. aethiopica, the big white one. I've had a couple of varieties out for more than 10 years now, and several generations of their children as well. Others just a year or two, but so far seem equally happy. At this point, except for aethiopica, which just isn't going to grow outdoors for me, I toss them in the ground and am very confident that they'll show up next year, regardless of their parentage. Steve +More On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 bonaventure@optonline.net wrote: > Sue, I'm here in central coastal NJ where Alberta clippers have been bringing > near 0F temps regularly in winter. Its still cold and the top of the garden > soil is still frozen, but Zanties,a small floriferous pink and a medium white > with white-speckled leaves, are buried deep within the sandy sub-soil, and > have for several years been getting several inches of organic mulch a year. A > 'Goliath Yellow' or something like that, has not survived. They sprout and > quickly come into bloom in early summer. Bonaventure Magrys Cliffwood Beach, > NJ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Susan Cox > Date: Thursday, March 3, 2005 0:02 am > Subject: [Aroid-l] Zanthedeschia 'coburn'? > > > To the person it may concern, or anyone else who might know: > > > > I received a Zanthedeschia from a person in Ireland (I can't remember who > > now, sorry) several years ago. It was told to me that this particular > > Zanthedeschia survived a terrible, terrible freeze in Ireland (I think) > > when many other very hardy plants did not survive. I am hoping to find the > > variety name. ... -- Steve Marak -- samarak@gizmoworks.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: aroid-l at gizmoworks.com on 2005.03.07 at 02:20:33(12774) -20F! Yikes!! We are feel stressed to the limit here when temps go down to 0F and the wind chill feels like -20. Nearly killed wrapped up Musella lasiocarpa and Cortaderia. But Gladiolus also survive here, the big florist types. I figured I'd "dig their graves", 2 spade-depths down into the sandy subsoil, & they loved it. I'm tempted to try it on some of the more tender Arisaemas and get my paeoniifolius down there, albeit with a plastic dropsheet winter wetness protector. Bonaventure ----- Original Message ----- +More Date: Saturday, March 5, 2005 7:05 pm Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Zantedeschia hardiness > Similar story here, Bonaventure. (NW Arkansas, solid USDA zone 6, > little snow > cover, wildly fluctuating temps rarely down to -20 F [-29 C] in > winter.) > Except that for me, they're all hardy except the one that should > be, Z. > aethiopica, the big white one. > > I've had a couple of varieties out for more than 10 years now, and > several > generations of their children as well. Others just a year or two, > but so far > seem equally happy. At this point, except for aethiopica, which > just isn't > going to grow outdoors for me, I toss them in the ground and am > very confident > that they'll show up next year, regardless of their parentage. > > Steve > > > On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 bonaventure@optonline.net wrote: > > > Sue, I'm here in central coastal NJ where Alberta clippers have > been bringing > > near 0F temps regularly in winter. Its still cold and the top of > the garden > > soil is still frozen, but Zanties,a small floriferous pink and a > medium white > > with white-speckled leaves, are buried deep within the sandy sub- > soil, and > > have for several years been getting several inches of organic > mulch a year. A > > 'Goliath Yellow' or something like that, has not survived. They > sprout and > > quickly come into bloom in early summer. Bonaventure Magrys > Cliffwood Beach, > > NJ > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Susan Cox > > Date: Thursday, March 3, 2005 0:02 am > > Subject: [Aroid-l] Zanthedeschia 'coburn'? > > > > > To the person it may concern, or anyone else who might know: > > > > > > I received a Zanthedeschia from a person in Ireland (I can't > remember who > > > now, sorry) several years ago. It was told to me that this > particular> > Zanthedeschia survived a terrible, terrible freeze > in Ireland (I think) > > > when many other very hardy plants did not survive. I am > hoping to find the > > > variety name. > ... > > > -- Steve Marak > -- samarak@gizmoworks.com > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-l mailing list > Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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