Re: [SG] Bill/Dichorisandra

>Bill,
>might I ask where you located Dich.?Would love to know.
>Connie
>

Dichorisandra thrysiflora is a member of the day-flower family (like
spiderwort, Tradescantia) that grows in part shade and moist soil.  It
reaches about 3-4 ft. in height and looks like a blue-flowered ginger.
Rhizomes have to be dug up and stored for winter north of Z9.

Wayside had it for $20.  You can get it for $8.95 from either:

Aloha Tropicals
1247 Browning Court
Vista CA 92083
(760) 941-0920

Stokes Tropicals
PO Box 9868
New Iberia LA 70562-9868
(1-800) 624-9706
http://www.stokestropicals.com

Shade gardeners ought to pay more attention to tender tropicals that can be
grown in shade in the summer, then potted and wintered over, or dug up and
stored.  Both these catalogs offer an abundance of gingers, heliconias and
bananas.  Did you know there is a banana winter-hardy in Z6? Check out the
Japanese species Musa basjoo.

Like palms in your garden?  Both Raphidophyllum histrix and Trachycarpus
fortunei are hardy in Z7 (my R. histrix has survived two winters and is
growing well; a friend's plant has formed a clump 8 ft. across and 6 ft.
high).  Plant Delights has them both.

Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<bills@hsc.edu>
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