Oxalis hardiness

diana chapman rarebulbs@earthlink.net
Wed, 19 Nov 2003 08:12:15 PST
Hi Jim:

I think your problem would be your summers, not the winters.  O.
enneaphylla, O. loricata, O. adenophylla and O. laciniata would all be hardy
for your winters, but they wouldn't survive the heat of the summer.

Diana

----- Original Message -----
From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields104@insightbb.com>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 5:19 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Oxalis hardiness


> I would like to echo Kenneth Hixson's request and extend it to USDA zone 5
> --  what Oxalis species would be hardy outdoors in the ground where I live
> in central Indiana?
>
> Jim Shields
>
> At 11:55 AM 11/14/2003 -0800, Kenneth Hixson  wrote:
> >Hi, all:
> >         Would someone like to suggest an answer:
> >Which Oxalis are reasonably hardy?  For me that means Zone 7.
> >.........
> >         Other Oxalis would be trialed if they were likely to be hardy.
> >
> >         Ken     western Oregon
>
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