Re: Red Lobelia/ now: Plant hardiness

I was shocked to have a triphylla hyb. fuchsia overwinter in an exposed
area this year.Its about 8 inches high and ready to bloom. These
fuchsias are more tropical in origin than most other fuchsia species and
are very sensitive to cold. Our minimum temps last winter were -5F or
about -20C. It did have a good snow cover. I read that this fuchsia was
root hardy only to Zone 8!

Had a Agastasche cana return as well. My bletilla (sp) orchid came back
up but is too weak now to bloom. Anybody have any luck with bletilla
orchids in Zone 6?

I agree that the only way to test plants is to try them yourself. I had
a hardy camellia that was suppose to be hardy to minus 12 F but has only
a tiny sprout left on it. Crape-Myrtle "Hopi" is suppose to be stem
hardy to minus 10 F (-23C) but it completely died out while other crape
myrtles did not even die back to the ground.

I feel I learn more from this listserv than some "so called experts" in
the field


Al Krismer
Cincinnati

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