RE: Typhonium hardiness

From: "James W. Waddick" jwaddick at kc.rr.com> on 2002.04.15 at 16:41:16(8559) >Ah, so you mean "hardy in MY conditions!" Now THAT is something >different. I just cannot imagine a Typhonium surviving -5 or less >(that's Celsius, dear people, C E L S I U S ).......... > >Wilbert +More Dear Wilbert; T. giganteum has grown in my Zone 5 garden for a decade plus and has regularly experienced 0 degree F. as in Fahrenheit (around -18 Celsius). Tubers are very shallow, too. Surely there are others. T. venosum nearly as hardy. and.....? Jim W. Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 E-fax 419-781-8594 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +

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