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[mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>]

Steve

This is great news, cuz I'll never get as cold as you.  What do you mean by
locate carefully? & how big is your tree after 10 years?  Supposedly the get
20 feet high.

~mIEKAL


On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 7:50 AM, loneroc <loneroc@countryspeed.com> wrote:

> I have had a Yellowhorn (Xanthocerus sorbifolius) here in the ground for
> ten
> years.  It's been a pretty slow grower but it has experienced temps
> below -40 C/F with no damage at all.  Locate them carefully.  The wood is
> extremely brittle.
>
> loneroc, SW WI  USDA zone 3/4
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mIEKAL aND" <qazingulaza@gmail.com>
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 9:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Spring Report on Pushing Zone Boundaries
>
>
> > Curious if anyone is growing Yellowhorn (Xanthoceras sorbifolium) in Zone
> > 4?
> > I have a bunch of them in pots that I can never decide whether I should
> > put
> > them in the ground or not.  Some websites list as Zone 4 but I'lve also
> > seen
> > listed at Zone 6.
> >
> > ~mIEKAL
> > *