Re: Buddleja globosa "Orange Ball Tree"
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  • Subject: Re: Buddleja globosa "Orange Ball Tree"
  • From: &* M* <1*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2020 11:47:26 -0600
Thanks everybody.  If we normally had a winter like this past one, with no 
temps below 0F (usually at least -10 to -15F), I’d try it, but the only thing 
“Normal” here in Wisconsin is a setting on my dishwasher!

> On Mar 1, 2020, at 11:05 AM, Kitty Morrissy <1018@rewrite.hort.net> wrote:
> 
> Don, 
> After checking sites I trust and AHS (and even my trusty old Hortus3), I'd 
> say it's definitely Zone 7, which doesn't have a prayer in Wisconsin. Maybe 
> you'd like to try it in a pot and haul it in for the winter. I see Annie's 
> has it for only $10 so, if you really can't break the craving, it's not 
> that expensive to try.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
> Behalf Of Don Martinson
> Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2020 11:27 AM
> To: perennials@hort.net
> Cc: woodyplants@hort.net
> Subject: Buddleja globosa "Orange Ball Tree"
> 
> I’ve always been intrigued by this shrub/perennial, but information on it’s 
> hardiness are all over the (USDA) map.  I’ve seen some rate it to as cold 
> as Zone 5 (me), although I’m pretty certain it would be a dieback plant 
> this far north (SE Wisconsin).  I would be able to give it some protection 
> by planting it on the south side of my house.
> 
> Does anyone have any experience with Buddleja globosa?  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Don Martinson
> Milwaukee, WI
> 
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