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Posted by oldslates Devon, UK (My Page) on Tue, Jan 8, 08 at 10:03
| Hi everyone,
Does anyone have any idea about the frost hardiness of Sundacarpus amara? My guess would be zero, but I understand that it is native to the Atherton Tablelands area of Australia and that temperatures there fell to -10C last year.
http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/xchg/dpi/hs.xsl/30_7790_ENA_HTML.htm
Thanks
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RE: Sundacarpus
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| Hi The is one at Tregerhan cornwall but im not sure if
it will survive there its subtropical.I have prumnopitys
ladei that grows in the same area but much hardier. |
RE: Sundacarpus
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| Hard to know. According to the Flora of Australia, it occurs at 600-1200m altitude in Atherton, but whether it occurs where the frosts did is another matter, and if it did, whether it survived it is yet another. The link you posted showed frost-killed grassland, maybe if they'd taken the photo looking the other way it might have shown frost-killed Sundacarpus. But (from my atlas) the Atherton Tablelands rise to over 1600m; I'd assume the severe frosts were up there. Personally, I'd continue to work on the assumption that it isn't frost tolerant. Resin |
RE: Sundacarpus
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- Posted by bboy z8 WA USA (My Page) on
Wed, Jan 9, 08 at 23:05
| Minimum temperatures experienced by southern hemisphere plants as indicators of northern hemisphere suitability have two chronic problems: - The frost, no matter how sharp may have been for a brief period that did not result in serious penetration of the soil and freezing of the roots - The frost was not accompanied by the low humidity of Arctic fronts For all the southern hemisphere plants that have been made into garden features in mild maritime climates of the northern hemisphere there is probably quite a few of them that have never made the jump |
RE: Sundacarpus
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| Right. But on the other hand, there are southern hemisphere plants that can be perennial in zone 4a somewhat reliably. They have this Kniphofia... been coming back for 10 years now. Not what you would expect from a plant from Africa! Too bad their conifers are not as fortunately endowed with cold tolerance. |
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