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Re: MEDIT-PLANTS Humidity and L. stoechas - loves it

At 3:23 AM +1100 13-3-98, William M. Groth wrote:
>Michael, Richard
>
>What I may do when I put it in a large pot is to use a mix of potting soil and
>cactus/succulent soil, then put the larger perlite pebbles spread on the
>surface as sort of a mulch.  it should be very porous and reflective white.
>
>Thank you for your comments.
>Michael, are you aware that in Houston, TX it is in what is known as USDA
>zone
>9a which has seldom sees low temperatures even in the 20 F range.
You call that hot ? wimpy
  This last
>winter (November to March) we have seen the temperature drop to the 25 F
>(approx -4 C) maybe once and it only got to freezing (32 F or 0 C) about 6
>or 7 times.  There have been periods of a full calendar year where the low
>temperature did not fall below freezing.  So I don't understand why the
>Spanish Lavendar would have a problem with Houston winter.
When I visted Houston "Hill Top Herb Farm"( The wonderfull Hills with their
wonderful restaurant ) many eons ago
they told me they get winters with several feet of snow. We rarely get
below 0-1C here
 but i guess stoechas is a weed in Victoria where the biggest snowfields in
the world are.
so it is probably much more cold tolerant than I was suggesting
Mae Cuppa?
I tend to lump it in ( incorrectly?)with tropical tolerant lavenders like
allardii and dentata.

Michael Bailes.
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