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Cardiocrinum Info

Posted by fishman49 AL 8b (My Page) on
Mon, Oct 26, 09 at 0:45

While I know that Cardiocrinum grows in West Coast z8, Gulf Coast z8 is an entirely different animal with a different amount of winter chilling hours and much hotter summers. So I would like to hear from successful Southern growers of Cardiocrinums their general location and number of chilling hours before I invest in a plant that might not grow on the Gulf Coast with 450-600 chilling hours.


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RE: Cardiocrinum Info

Hello,

Cardiocrinums grow at high elevations in the chinese provinces and in the himalayas. As long as the bulbs get a good mulch in winter, they are fully cold hardy. The only thing you have to watch is late frosts in spring, when the shoots are emerging.

I grow them sucesfully in switzerland, where it can get quite cold in winter. They like half shade and dont like to dry out too much in summer.


 
 

 

 


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