Fritillaria raddeana: too much too soon?

Peter Taggart petersirises@gmail.com
Sun, 19 Feb 2017 12:55:53 PST
Frit raddeana can survive temperatures down to 0F in December here, and
nearly as low in February. These temperatures are rare, but do happen here,
and I had no serious damage to Fritillaria raddeana growing outside in a
pot plunged in sand, open to the elements.
Peter (UK)

On 19 February 2017 at 20:08, Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> wrote:

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>
> On 2/18/2017 7:47 PM, Bob Nold wrote:
>
>> F. raddeana almost always freezes here. In my experience, its foliage is
>> much more tender than that of F. imperialis, stenanthera, sewerzowii, and
>> maybe eduardii.
>>
>  When I mentioned that "moderate freezing" would not damage the plants, I
> meant temperatures down to about 20 degrees F (about minus 6 C). Much
> colder temperatures are likely to occur in Denver, Colorado, where Bob
> lives.
>
> All my plants in the covered but open-sided bulb house (Mediterranean
> house) recently experienced more than a week of constant sub-freezing
> temperatures, but I see little damage so far. The open garden had about 30
> cm of snow on it at the time, so the smaller plants were well protected. I
> think the survival of the bulb house plants is due in part to their foliage
> being dry, and in part to the fact that they're in the ground in raised
> beds or....
>



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