Re: Chocolate Cosmos
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Chocolate Cosmos
- From: m* l*
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 08:01:56 -0600
At 05:00 PM 6/26/99 -0400, you wrote:
>According to my books, in your zone they should be hardy if left in the
>ground all year, Kemberly. Apparantly they are hardy in zones 8 and 9. I
>have seen them grown here and they are very nice plants, but more trouble
>than I want to go to up here in the frozen north.
>
>Bob Campbell
>USDA 4
>southern Ontario
>
Hey, Bob, if you just want a flower that wafts a chocolate aroma, consider
Berlandiera lyrata, the chocolate flower available from Plants of the
Southwest. It's hardy to zone 4. Summer days when the sun is hot, the
flowers close themselves. It has very low to zilch water requirements.
Plant is a bit rangy, but in a bed with other flowers, I think it would be
fine. Wonderful aroma. www.plantsofthesouthwest.com Margaret L
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