Dracunculus vulgaris hardiness

**V* S* <s*@email.uc.edu>**

Hi,
	In the vicinity of Cincinnati, OH, zone 5 or 6 depending on exactly where 
you live, Dracunculus vulgaris is completely (?) hardy.  I have plants 
which I started from seed in a deciduous woods on a slight north sloping 
hillside and they grow and bloom (when the deer don't take a tasting 
bite).  In fact the main stems are already 18 inches tall and looking very 
healthy in spite of a very bad and long winter and delayed spring.  I would 
expect that you would have greater success growing this plant outdoors with 
the tuber planted about 10 inches deep and well mulched during the 
winter.  I've seen a huge plant in Turkey at about 3000 feet in late May in 
which the spathe was about 25 inches long and the spadix was a few inches 
longer --- truly magnificent --- although it was top heavy and lying on the 
ground.
	Good luck and good growing.

Vic Soukup
Herbarium
University of Cincinnati

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