re: Camellia japonica
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: re: Camellia japonica
- From: A* R* K*
- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 20:05:51 +0100
While we are talking about camellias, I tried an Ackerman hyb camellia
which was suppose to be hardy down to minus 12, but bit the dust at -5
last winter. i had the small three foot shrub ob the north side of the
house and buried in leaves. The entire shrub died. It did survive to
plus 7 the year before when we had an abnormally mild winter.
Interestingly enough I planted a regular japonica on the south side of
the house and it survived protected with leaves and plastic down to
minus 22. I left the leaves around the shrub too long around the bae
until the next spring and the shrub rotted.
I had fuchsias "Gartenmeister Bonstadt" and "Billy Green" survive in an
exposed bed last winter and now the shoots are about 4 inches high. Of
course we had about 6 inches of snow and ice to protect the roots.
Crape-myrtle "Hopi" is another over rated shriub when it comes to
hardiness. Mine died out last winter while other crapes in the
neighborhood are sprouting from old wood.
Al Krismer
Cincinnati
Zone 6
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