[pbs] Glads for hardiness
Tony Avent
tony at plantdelights.com
Tue Mar 6 12:51:44 EST 2007
Jim:
I guess I was partially in a state of shock after the comments, which
were actually made both by the person in charge of the glad breeding
program and a representative of one of the major auction houses. I left
them with the encouragement to please consider adding a hardy glad
breeding program. I guess that's to be expected when outside the box
thinkers collide with inside the box thinkers.
Tony Avent
Plant Delights Nursery @
Juniper Level Botanic Garden
9241 Sauls Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA
Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F
Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F
USDA Hardiness Zone 7b
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"I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent
James Waddick wrote:
> Dear all;
> I find Tony's remarks very enlightening and frustrating.
>
> Rather arrogant comments :
>
> ' the Dutch' "select against winter hardiness"
>
> and " why would people want glads to be winter hardy?"
>
> As a gardener who demands hardiness in as many plants as possible, I
> have grown all the hardiest glads I can find. I have grown all the
> byzantinus/ itlaicus/ communis group, Xgandavensis /dalenii and a few
> others (though oddly not G. palustris) and I would WELCOME a greater
> range of colors and forms.,, and increasaed hardiness, too.
>
> Although I disdain the big Dutch hybrids, I have grown a few
> and they will last a mild winter or two. I sure wouldn't use these to
> select for increased hardiness.
>
> And by hardiness I mean Zone 5 or 6 survival. Joyce and Brent
> your Zone 7 seems a no brainer for many glads or am I totally off
> base here?
>
> I know there are not many Zone 5 or 6 - ers on this list, but
> have any of them grown many from seed to test for hardiness?
>
> And Tony, you didn't say what your response was to your Dutch
> bulb growing guides when he made his un-Glad remarks.
>
> These remarks just drive me nuts ! Jim W.
>
>
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