Re: OT: Welcome Benny
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- Subject: Re: OT: Welcome Benny
- From: i*@rt66.com
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 17:51:22 -0700 (MST)
Benny wrote:
>
>Thanks for the welcome message.
>There are several Opuntia species in Florida, but they are not hardy
>here in Denmark, where we often has down to -4F in the night and in some
>winters the temperature don't get above frezing in the days for two
>months or so. I think your garden is USDA Zone 10 and we are maybe Zone
>5 or 6 that how different it is to live way op north, but our summers
>are mostly nice and the night is only a few hours long ( read short ).
>
Some Opuntias are very hardy and adaptable plants. I'm not finding the
species name in Hortus III, but there is definitely a prickly-pear that is
native to the Northeast. A friend of mine grows them in New Hampshire, and
they are a very rare wildflower here. If they can handle -20F here, I think
they would be worth a try in Denmark.
Kay Cangemi
cangemi@ulster.net
New York, USDA zone 5
