Jim McKenney wrote, >'His Majesty' did well last year and bloomed freely, but apparently >every last bit disappeared during the winter. It was a very mild >winter which allowed the survival of cannas, dahlias, zantadeschias >and gingers in an open field. So I'm disinclined to blame cold. But >otherwise, what could have happened. If rodents are to blame, why >did they eat only that one variety? > >Anyone else growing these plants? I got a good selection from Far Reaches Farm, including 'His Majesty', which I also lost last winter although it was very mild for our area. All the other cultivars survived, along with nearby dahlias and fancy chrysanthemums. I expect HM is one of the less cold-hardy ones. In my former garden I couldn't grow any of them except 'Lucifer'. Jane McGary Portland, Oregon, USA