Mine survived winter and I got shoot development from canes just shoved into the soil. I think I may have gotten my first one from you a couple of years ago. Still on my list to visit your nursery. Clay Carter who works for BCCC has mentioned traveling over to visit y’all Will Aley > On Mar 22, 2019, at 4:35 PM, Tony Avent <Tony@plantdelights.com> wrote: > > Hi Bill; > > We haven't planted ours outside yet, but we have found many plants from Southern Brazil to have good hardiness in our region. > > Tony Avent > Proprietor > tony@plantdelights.com > Juniper Level Botanic Garden<http://www.juniperlevelbotanicgarden.org/> and Plant Delights Nursery<http://www.plantdelights.com/> > Ph 919.772.4794/fx 919.772.4752 > 9241 Sauls Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA > USDA Zone 7b/Winter 0-5 F/Summer 95-105F > "Preserving, Studying, Propagating, and Sharing the World's Flora" > [new-logo] > Since 1988, Plant Delights Nursery is THE Source for unique, rare and native perennial plants. > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: > The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, copying, or storage of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. > > > > From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> On Behalf Of William Hoffmann > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 8:52 AM > To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > Subject: [pbs] Surprising winter hardiness of Eithea blumenavia > > Last spring I planted a clump of Eithea bluminavia in my shade garden. > Since I have several pots of this species I ultimately decided to leave > this clump in the ground to see if it could overwinter here in our 7B > climate in NC. I have never heard of this species being cold hardy, so I > did not have high expectations. But I just got back from a couple of weeks > of travel and was checking out the spring activity in my garden, and to my > surprise, the whole clump of Eithea is alive and sprouting. > > This was not a particularly cold winter, with a low of -18F (-8C), but it > was very rainy, so I am optimistic that this species can generally survive > our winters as long as the soil does not freeze. These were in a raised bed > covered with a thin layer of pine needles, but otherwise I did nothing to > protect the clump. The leaves died back from freezing sometime in late fall > or early winter. > Now I look forward to seeing if it will flower. > > Has anyone else tested the cold hardiness of this species? > > Regards, > Bill > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net<mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > ________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…