Re: yellow and blue, microclimate
Dean, what wonderful geographic happenstance caused your environs to be zone
6b?
Laura
6a, one block from Lake Erie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Sliger" <deanslgr@juno.com>
To: <perennials@mallorn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: yellow and blue
> I've known a couple different people hereabouts -- both here in this
> pocket of 6B and elsewhere throughout the 'burbs (6A) -- who have
> successfully overwintered Agapanthus (just the "regular" species)
> outdoors for many years. There's usually some sort of protection
> involved. The late Don Hodges, who was in 6A, would cover his bed with
> appx. 1' of dried autumn leaves and then set a piece of plywood on top,
> weighted down with rocks. His plants were HUGE.
>
> Dean Sliger
> Warren, Michigan, USA
> Zone 6B
>
>
> On Tue, 11 Jul 2000 17:18:23 EDT Pavlacky@cs.com writes:
> > A word on Agapanthus.....my nurseryman here told me that Midnight
> > Blue, (I
> > think this is the name) is supposed to be hardy here, which is 7b.
> > Is this a
> > new variety? I don't know, but I've seen it and it's a very large
> > (height and
> > flowers), and deeper blue/purple than say, Peter Pan. They were 30$
> > for a
> > gallon pot so I passed on the experiment for now!
> > Anybody overwinter this variety yet?
> > Shelly
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
> > message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
> message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
