[pbs] Hardy Moraea
Dennis Kramb
dkramb at badbear.com
Sun Oct 10 20:21:12 EDT 2004
> Of course these are all feeble attempts to grow in a climate
> ultimately not suited, but stranger things seem to happen and hardiness
> turns up where least expected. I guess I am willing to risk killing a
> choice plant now and then out of curiosity.
I couldn't agree more with your statement that "hardiness turns up where
least expected". I have a fondness for plants from Crete. It amazes me
that they can be so cold hardy. I can only assume it has something to do
with the ice ages some 10000yrs ago (or whenever) which must have made
Crete a much colder island. Those plants still have that hardiness locked
up in their genes.
Dennis in Cincinnati, Ohio (USDA Zone 6)
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