Re: New plant acquisition...

Dan,
I find overwintering a bit of a guessing game.  I always successfully 
overwinter Purple Fountain Grass (Zone9-10) in the attached garage, 
temps down to 45-50.  But Persian Shield is a gamble out there, 
sometimes makes it, sometimes not.  So Persian Shield and Osteospurmum 
overwinter as houseplants.  I prefer to go the garage route because 
cooler seems to coincide with dormancy, slower growth, less likelihood 
of pests than indoors.  Having no greenhouse, cold or warm, I just have 
to take my chances.

Kitty, Z5/6



----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Roman <djroman@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Friday, July 11, 2003 7:19 am
Subject: Re: [CHAT] New plant acquisition...

> Theresa,
> 
> The shrimp plant you have is most likely Pachystachys lutea. I 
> grew them for
> many years from a single plant from Longwood Gardens. They didn't 
> overwinterwell in my cold garage but they were easy to overwinter 
> as house plants.
> Easy to propagate too.
> 
> Dan
> 
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