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  • From: "jamie" <jamie@tiscali.fr>
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  • Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Feijoa hardiness
  • Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 21:00:58 +0100

Hello Sybil, thanks for the input. What caught my eye was your …”(where our citrus. Loquats and feijoa flourish)”. I have a loquat here and have seen them growing and fruiting prolifically, but I thought citrus was an entirely different proposition. I’d be interested in more information on citrus as there is a nursery specialising in citrus a couple of hours away and I’d like to be well informed before making the journey and making any expensive mistakes (what varieties, rootstock, care to avoid frost damage).

 

I have an area toward the top of a slope, protected from both the prevailing and coldest winter winds; it even has a stone wall to the north to trap any winter warmth. The strip is also overspread by mature green oaks that will help shed air frost from the growing citrus on cold clear nights. However, I’m not sure that root competition wont be a problem even though the oak is raised above the level of the projected level of the citrus. It is also open to early morning sun in the winter – but I’m not sure this is a good thing?

 

Jamie

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Sent: lundi 13 janvier 2003 02:54
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] Feijoa hardiness

 

Here in Norfolk/Virginia Beach Feijoa seem to be hardy into single digits in a protected location.  Beautiful plants with their silvery foliage and amazing flowers. They do fruit here - although we can't get a good answer on whether more than one variety is needed. At least one plant we know is fruiting with no other variety near. Anyone know more about this?

Our take on hardiness zones is that they are extremely generalized and most gardeners develop an awareness that their property may have micro-climates that span a full zone above or below their mapped zone location, from a wind protected sunny southern exposure (where our citrus, loquats and feijoa flourish) to windy, icy open areas or low cold-collecting areas that will freeze "hardy" plant varieties back each spring.

Sybil
currently freezing at 18 degrees in Virginia Beach
mays@paradisenursery.com




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