This & that.
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: This & that.
- From: n* s*
- Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 10:59:35 -0500
>Harry, I totally forgot Kalmia! Glad you didn't as it is good for
>shade, given acid soil.
>
>Camellias are very iffy here, they can survive for a number of years
>and then whammo - a really cold winter does them in. I have not even
>tried them after a neighbor had her 20 year old stand wiped out one
>year...lots of other things to try killing first:-) I understand,
>tho', that there are some, now, that have been bred for colder
>temperatures. I keep meaning to try to track them down one of these
>days.
>
>Had not heard of evergreen Kousa dogwoods! If you find out what they
>are, do post it!
>
>Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
Marge,
A couple of comments....... Have one of the evergreen Kousa's. Not reliably
hardy in Richmond, VA. Each year it dies back some and hasn't bloomed yet.
Got mine from JC.
Kalmia seems to like as much sun as it can get. They always are on the edge
of shade, and try to get as much sun as possible. As far as camelias are
concerned, mine died to the ground in the same freeze that wiped out the DC
area. Had a couple of small seedlings that didn't ruffle a leaf. These seem
to be much hardier than the named ones. Have a couple of double red ones
that seem to be perfectly hardy. I think I would try them in zone 6. ......
Nancy
Nancy Swell <swell@erols.com>
Richmond VA Zone 7 --- colder than Raleigh and Norfolk, warmer than
Baltimore and Blacksburg
