Re: Re: Need help with orphaned Clerodendrum thomsoniae ( C. balfouri)

I've had a Clerodendrum thomsoniae for 10 years now.  Until I got a greenhouse I
overwintered it inside.  Now I have it in the greenhouse, where I only use heat if
it drops below 30F.  No matter where I keep it it always looses all the leaves before
spring.  But, every year it comes back bigger and better.  It's much more beautiful
than any picture I've seen.  You've found some wonderful plants!!  I would think
it might be hardy in your zone.
Sheila/zone 8

>Sorry, Connie, I forgot to include my garden sig file. I am in Zone 9,
>Sunset Zone 20.
>
>
>>Kwint,
>>You dont mention your zone so can only assume that you are right about
>>them not being appropriate for your growing area..
>
>snip
>
>>
>>Kwint wrote:
>>>
>>> Well we've done it again. We rescued six one gallon clerodendrum thomsoniae
>>> from our local "grow em and throw em" nursery. These "glory bower" vines
>>> are nearly bare, lacking many leaves, but the vines themselves are supple
>>> and green. The temperatures have been in the low 40s at night, which must
>>> have caused the leaf drop. My A-Z book says they don't like minimum temps
>>> below 50-55 degrees F, however the cans themselves say hardy to 30 degrees
>>> F.
>>>
>>> I have brought them onto my porch to see if I they can be saved. Should I
>>> bring them indoors, give them a dilute fertilizer feeding? Suggestions?
>>> Probably these poor things were an unfortunate purchase and shouldn't have
>>> even been sold in this zone.
>
>
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Sorry, Connie, I forgot to include my garden sig file. I am in Zone 9,
Sunset Zone 20.


>Kwint,
>You dont mention your zone so can only assume that you are right about
>them not being appropriate for your growing area..

snip

>
>Kwint wrote:
>>
>> Well we've done it again. We rescued six one gallon clerodendrum thomsoniae
>> from our local "grow em and throw em" nursery. These "glory bower" vines
>> are nearly bare, lacking many leaves, but the vines themselves are supple
>> and green. The temperatures have been in the low 40s at night, which must
>> have caused the leaf drop. My A-Z book says they don't like minimum temps
>> below 50-55 degrees F, however the cans themselves say hardy to 30 degrees
>> F.
>>
>> I have brought them onto my porch to see if I they can be saved. Should I
>> bring them indoors, give them a dilute fertilizer feeding? Suggestions?
>> Probably these poor things were an unfortunate purchase and shouldn't have
>> even been sold in this zone.


Zone 9a, Sunset Zone 20            @ @ @ @ @ @   @ @ @ @ @@
So.Calif, near Descanso Gardens _\|_|_/_|_|____\|_|_|_|//___
http://www.greenheart.com/karenw/garden 


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