Re: Philo. "Xanadu"

From: Scott Hyndman <scothynd at magicnet.net> on 1998.11.19 at 22:47:01(2774) Eric, My mistake: zone 9b it is! I lived the first half of my life in zone 5a, so anything south of zone 7b seems warm to me. I once lived in a cold pocket in Apopka, just a 30 minute drive to the north of Orlando, that probably was close to a zone 8b micro climate. During the Christmas freeze of 1987 I actually saw ice crystals/snow in the air. There wasn't much left of the subtropical landscape after two consecutive nights of -8 C (17 F). Seriously though, it would be interesting to know the limits of the growing temperatures of P. 'Xanadu'. I suppose it should be similar to P. selloum. Thanks for the correction, and I am happy to see someone else on the list from Orlando. Regards, Scott +More Scott E. Hyndman USDA, ARS, USHRL Orlando, Florida, USA USDA Hardiness Zone 9b E-mail: scothynd@magicnet.net CBL451@aol.com wrote: > Scott, I hope you meant zone 9b for Orlando. If not you must be in an > extremely cold pocket!!! Here at Leu Gardens in Orlando we just planted a > large bed of Xanadu for a groundcover in an area shaded by Live Oaks. From my > experience they seem to be as hardy as Selloum. Unfortuneatly I don't have > anything to add to the naming mystery but am interested in what finally comes > about. > Eric Schmidt > Orlando, FL.

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