Sinningia Pollination, was Sinningia tubiflora hardiness

Tony Avent tony@plantdelights.com
Sun, 20 Jun 2010 07:34:21 PDT
Roy:

We have grown Sinningia leucotricha in the ground since 2004...in that time,
we have only had two winters with single digit lows below 10F, 6F and 9F.  I
have serious doubts that it would go much further north, but then we get
surprised every year.

Tony Avent
Plant Delights Nursery @
Juniper Level Botanic Garden
9241 Sauls Road
Raleigh, North Carolina  27603  USA
Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F
Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F
USDA Hardiness Zone 7b
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Subject: [pbs] Sinningia Pollination, was Sinningia tubiflora hardiness

Some years I see lots of seed set on my venerable (>20 year old) 
Sinningia leucotricha, some years none. In the greenhouse, outdoors, 
doesn't matter. This year the old plant is spending the spring in the 
greenouse a couple of feet away from fan that is running all the time to 
keep the air circulating. I happened to notice today that literally 
every flower had produced a fat seed pod. A couple of other plants, 
seedlings from the older one, were barren. They were just outside of the 
bulk of the air flow from the fan.

Is it common for sinningias to be wind pollinated, or was my fan just 
acting like a giant bee?

And who was it that said Sinningia leucotricha was hardy? Do I dare try 
one outside?

--Roy
NW of Boston



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