Re: Justicia rizzinii

One nurseryperson testifies online to its blooming
through the snow in their USDA zone 8 nursery. I think
I've seen it here and there in the San Francisco Bay
Area. I grew a small candy-corn-like Justicia in a
windowbox at my apartment in San Francisco. It may
very well have been J. rizzinii. Plenty tough.
Cheers,
Jason

--- david feix <davidfeix@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Recently saw this small herbaceous shrub in full
> bloom(early March) at the Huntington Botanic Garden,
> simply covered in bloom with yellow and orange
> flowers, blooming mightily in the full shade of
> Coast
> Live Oaks.  It would appear hardy enough to use here
> in the San Francisco Bay Area as well, (it comes
> from
> Brazil), but isn't seen here.  The late fall into
> spring bloom would seem to make it an excellent
> candidate for the winter blooming garden.  Is there
> something about this plant that is too good to be
> true?  
> 
> At the very least, I know it does well in southern
> California, and have brought back several plants to
> try in my garden in Berkeley.  A fellow California
> Horticultural Society member(Kristin Yanker Hansen)
> grows this in Danville, Ca., but I don't know if it
> freezes back and regrows in her area(it gets down to
> -6C/21F in her area), or if she grows it as a
> container plant with protection.  She is the local
> member who collects malvaceae, and also really puts
> subtropical summer heat loving plants to the winter
> cold stress test, with completely different
> conditions
> to cool and mild Berkeley just 12 miles away.
> 
> I'd appreciate hearing from anyone growing this! 
> 
> Just getting the first buds opening on the
> Pincushion
> Proteas in the garden, looking to be an excellent
> year
> for them, tons of buds!  
> 
> 
> 
> 
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