Re: Kennedia nigricans?
Nan Sterman wrote:
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> Anyone got any experience with Kennedia nigricans?
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> Nan Sterman
> San Diego County California
> Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
Nan
I grew a few Kennedia species from mixed seed about four years ago. The
only one that survived our zone 8 winter, in a pot on an open terrace
has very small "black"( perhaps very, very dark purple) flowers and is
possibly the species nigricans.
In my experience it is an evergreen twiner to three or four metres with
interesting but certainly not showy flowers.
It survives four or five degrees centigrade of frost without damage but
is defoliated or cut to the ground by lower temperatures.
I have since moved into a zone 9 climate and will try it on a fence in
the open§--
Gordon Walker
France
