Re: [Aroid-l] Zantedeschia hardiness

**Steve Marak samarak@gizmoworks.com**

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 <snalice@dslextreme.com>
> 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. 
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-- Steve Marak
-- samarak@gizmoworks.com
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