Re: Philo. "Xanadu"

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

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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