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Floyld Cove 2010 Intros

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Posted by newyorkrita z6b/7a LI NY (My Page) on
Wed, Nov 18, 09 at 13:07

These are the intros of the Stamiles down in Florida. What caught my attention is that they are very varied with a wide variety of looks. The Prism ones are so different from anything I have ever seen before that they were startling to me.

I do look at the southern intros as I like to see what is new. Unlike the ones I saw in the Smith Catalog were my thought was that there was nothing new and unique, there is alot here thats attention getting.

Here is a link that might be useful: Floyd Cove

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The prismatic eyes are really fun! As are the butterflies, and ENE.

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I'd be very careful to ask about the Northern hardiness of those prismatic ones. Most of them come from plants which haven't proven hardy in the North. I saw most of them this past summer. Ordered a few from the 2010 list, but I won't order any of those prism ones until they get out and we find out how hardy they prove to be. Love Grace's ELFIN MAGIC and a couple of Pat's.

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I had a bad experience recently with getting info from FC (and it wasn't Pat responding). Telling a potential buyer a plant will do well when the majority of feedback from northern gardeners was it was barely hanging on and too new to evaluate. It is one thing to sell a plant to a northern garden and another to have it thrive there.
Floota's right and do ask northern gardeners for feedback.

Julia

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If......southern growers are marketing plants as hardy to northerners... then shouldn't a replacement policy in effect should the plant prove NOT hardy?

But.... if can get that.. get it in WRITING. One southern concern well known for sending pencil width fans north has made such promises.. and failed to replace plants that couldn't make the cold winter.

On COLD hardiness... USDA maps are mostly MEANINGLESS. One low air temp event means little to actual CROWNS temps.. as experienced by the plant. Go out early in the morn before the sun gets warming the ground.. drill a few holes in the frozen soil with your portable drill.. stick a meat thermometer in that hole.. that is your crown temperature... this is the COLD that tests daylily genetics. You'll find a huge variation per sun exposure.. location to buildlings... ground covers.

 
 

 

 


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