Re: [Aroid-l] 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

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