Re: Re: dragonwing

Well, Kitty, I'm sure glad you found it because I had no luck when I
tried searching.  Interesting plants.  I would guess that they can
tolerate temperatures colder than 18C, but won't be in active growth
and I also suspect that they can survive temps in the low 40s without
major damage - my angel wings and rhizomatous begonias do this
regularly but not for extremely extended periods.  I have a couple
that have seeded into pots that are going to be in the greenhouse all
winter; we shall see how they do there as temps get close to freezing
on occasion.  Also had some seed into the garden; am sure they aren't
gonna make it.

Seems to me, tho', that begonias generally prefer it cooler than
hotter???

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> 
> Well, Jim, while searching for info to explain to you what a DW
begonia is I
> finally found one site that gave a min temp, though it doesn't seem
correct.
> As Daryl mentioned earlier, she's had them survive down to 27 F.
> 
> Dragonwing begonias are hybrids that have the erect habit of the
anglewing
> parent but the free flowering habit and bright red flowers of the
wax
> begonia parent. It usually grows to 18 inches tall from several
erect,
> cane-like stems. The leaves are similar in shape to the anglewing
parent but
> smaller and more glossy and succulent like the wax begonia parent.
The plant
> 's creator is PanAmerican Seed Co.
> 
> I found one site:
> http://www.highqgreenhouses.com/infosheets/AtoC/dragonwing.htm
> that says:
> Grow Temp. / Pinching Heat tolerant, Minimum 180C
> but a converter tells me that is 64 degrees F, and surely they're
more
> durable than that.  Is a minimum growing temperature in the trade
the same
> as the minimum that plant needs to survive?
> 
> Kitty
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 5:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: dragonwing
> 
> 
> > Hi, Kitty. Didn't pick this up immediately because I'm not sure
what a
> > dragonwing is. Is it different from an angelwing [other than
> > philosophically, of course]?
> >
> > On Wednesday, November 26, 2003, at 10:29 PM, Kitty wrote:
> >
> > > Daryl,
> > > Thanks, that's a start.  I'm still waiting for someone at
begonias.org
> > > to
> > > make an effort.  That's the nice thing about this list.  People
will
> > > chip in
> > > whatever they can even if they don't have a complete answer. 
It helps.
> > > Kitty
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Daryl" <pulis@mindspring.com>
> > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 7:06 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Armitage CD and other electronic wonders
> > >
> > >
> > >>>>  I've been
> > >>> trying to find the min temp of dragonwing begonias without
much luck.
> > >>
> > >> Kitty,
> > >>
> > >> If it's any help, I've had them survive a very short period at
27
> > >> degrees.
> > >> The tops look terrible, but they've come back from a few nodes
down.
> > > They'd
> > >> been used to cooler temps. I don't know whether they'd survive
80-27
> > >> as
> > >> well.
> > >>
> > >> Daryl
> 
>
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