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Re: Carol Mackie Daphne Questions


-----Original Message-----
From: Diana L. Politika <diana@olympus.net>
To: woodyplants@mallorn.com <woodyplants@mallorn.com>
Date: Wednesday, October 08, 1997 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: Carol Mackie Daphne Questions


>Don Martinson wrote:
>>
>> >Captiva4me@aol.com wrote:
>> >> Hi Everyone!
>> >> I'm wondering what to do with my Carol Mackie Daphne to get it through
the
>> >> winter.  It is the first summer I've owned one (one already died).
Any help
>> >> will be appreciated.
>> >>
>> >> Laura
>>
>> >Yow-zer!  A daphne in Maine!  Bring it in.  There isn't enough mulch in
>> >state to protect it!  They can go down to 12 F.
>> >
>>
>> I beg to differ.  My 'Carol Mackie'  daphne has routinely survived -20F
>> here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - no mulch or other protection.  It will
not,
>> however, remain evergreen.
>>
>> Don Martinson
>> Milwaukee, Wisconsin
>> dmartin@cdmas.crc.fmlh.edu
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>So very sorry....I replied and then went on to read the numerous other
>replies stating that sub-arctic conditions are survivable.  Upon
>*reading* up on the plant after my justifiable chastisment, I am
>reminded that our local problems with daphne stems from our wet
>environment (Pacific Northwest) rather than the cold.
>Sorry for providing mis-information.  I hate it when I do that.
It sounds like you are referring to Daphne odora!
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