Re: L. cardinalis hardiness in UK was: Cannas plus Lobelias and Crocosmias
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- Subject: Re: L. cardinalis hardiness in UK was: Cannas plus Lobelias and Crocosmias
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 01:32:00 -0400
Janet - and Valerie, this is most curious to me. Assume your -8 is
Celsius, which = 17.6 Fahrenheit, according to the best converter
I've found on the
web...http://www.metricusa.com/Conversion_Frameset2.htm
If this is so, then Lobelia cardinalis should be perfectly hardy in
anything your winter can throw at them. Gets colder than that in my
garden - and even colder in Dean's, and mine are happy as clams at
the edge of my "bog"....so it can't be winter damp that accounts for
winter losses in the UK, either, as the ground is pretty soggy where
mine are.
Only reason that occurs to me that these plants might not be
considered hardy in the UK is the lack of really hot summers to ripen
them....but I always thought they were plants who actually preferred
cooler weather.
Or, wonder if some myth is being passed down through the ages about
the hardiness of this species...happens..
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Janet Galpin and Oliver Patterson <decoy.farm@zetnet.co.uk>
> Date: Friday, August 25, 2000 1:27 AM
>
> I had L.x gerardii Vedrariensis standing out all last winter in a
pot
> in S. Lincolnshire, so I guess it would probably be fine. But then
I
> have also risked L. cardinalis outside for the last two or three
> winters. Neither plant has stood the test of a hard winter yet.
> Janet G. S. Lincs, UK, Min temp -8
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