Re: duranta hardiness
- Subject: Re: duranta hardiness
- From: John MacGregor j*@earthlink.net
- Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 11:45:07 -0800
on 12/7/03 9:54 AM, Nan Sterman at Talkingpoints@PlantSoup.Com wrote:
> Any suggestions as to the hardiness of duranta? I know what the
> books say but I have a new duranta showing what may be leaf burn
> after nights in the low 40s.
Nan,
The green-leafed and variegated forms of Duranta erecta and D. stenostachya
have survived to 24 degrees F. in the Pasadena area. They usually defoliate
or at least frost-burn at about 30 degrees F. However foliage of the dwarf
gold-leafed form turns purple or black in the 40s if the plant is in sun and
just defoliates if it is in shade. I also have lost this plant at about 29
degrees.
John MacGregor
South Pasadena, CA 91030
USDA zone 9 Sunset zones 21/23
