[pbs] Galanthus peshmenii hardiness
Jan Agoston
agoston.janos123 at gmail.com
Wed Jul 25 02:41:24 EDT 2007
I've heared, that G. peshmenii is hardy at least Z5a. Some collectors have
it here, but they are on sand not clay, which can modify hardiness.
Bye,
jani
2007/7/24, John T Lonsdale <john at johnlonsdale.net>:
>
> In writing this I acknowledge, at least temporarily and for the purposes
> of
> this message, that there could be two different snowdrops.
>
>
>
> Galanthus reginae-olgae does fine outside here, flowering and building up
> slowly. I have several accessions of Galanthus peshmenii that have been
> in
> pots for the past few years because I heard that it might be more tender
> than G. r-o. Is there any basis to this purported lack of hardiness or am
> I
> safe planting them outside?
>
>
>
> I also have several pots of Scilla vincentina - it does just fine but I'd
> love to get it into the garden. Is it likely to survive here? I don't
> mind
> burned leaves as long as it flowers OK.
>
>
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
>
> John
>
>
>
> John T Lonsdale PhD
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