Hi Jim,
I am interested to know whether it is known that these plantings are of Z.
aethiopica? I am interested to compare differences between yellow and white
aethiopica. Or if they are yellow and white of another species (not
hybrids, necessarily). I wonder if you could find this out somehow?
Thank you very much
Jon
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:20 AM, Jim McKenney
<jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com>wrote:
> In a small town I frequently visit in western Virginia, up in the Valley of
> Virginia between the mountains (and thus elevated), I've seen two gardens
> with impressive Zantedeschia plantings. In one garden there are huge (up to
> about 4' tall) plants, some with white spathes and some with yellow
> spathes;
> with them are some shorter (but not much shorter) pink-spathed forms.
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> In another garden there is a really impressive planting roughly two yards
> square (i.e. four square yards) of one of the orange-red cultivars
> ('Flame'
> maybe). This is something to see when lots of plants are blooming.
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> Both of these plantings are out in the open with no protection from nearby
> buildings, fully exposed to the elements. And I've never notice any effort
> to protect the plants in the winter.
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> I think this is solid zone 6 country.
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