[pbs] Chasmanthe floribunda
Mark BROWN
brown.mark at wanadoo.fr
Sun Nov 4 16:57:00 EST 2007
Hi,
I have grown this plant years ago but no longer do.One very hard winter put paid to it,and I never really found the right place for it in the garden.
> Message du 04/11/07 20:47
> De : "Jim McKenney"
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> Objet : [pbs] Chasmanthe floribunda
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> I've had Chasmanthe floribunda outside for several seasons now, and it seems
> to have settled into a winter growing pattern. Some earlier discussions of
> this species on this list led me to expect it to crave heat; in fact, its
> lack of bloom here was attributed to lack of heat by one contributor.
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> This year the plant emerged in late winter and was growing very strongly
> until it got hot. Although I watered it, once the heat kicked in it quit. I
> wondered if that was it - if the heat had killed it. Today I see it emerging
> in strength again.
>
> Is this species typically a winter grower in the Northern Hemisphere?
>
> Crinum x powellii 'Album' did the same thing: it died down during the heat
> of the summer and is now putting up fresh foliage.
>
> Are these signs of the Mediterraneanizaton of our climate?
>
> I'm beginning to wonder if some plants are not sensing what some politicians
> want to deny.
>
> Jim McKenney
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