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From: Al Wootten <awootten at NRAO.EDU>
Subject: Re: Hardiness of Arums
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Well, it isn't zone 4...more like borderline 7/8...but my A. italicum
has been coming back in its northeasterly exposure for five years now,
blooming once and not multiplying (I think the grass guy mowed the
infloresence).  Sandy soil.  In Charlottesville, zone 7, clayey 'soil'
southerly exposure with pm shade, it lasted three years only, never bloom=ing.
Both sites are fairly damp locations adjacent to rampant hosta growth
and were planted in autumn.

J.E. Shields writes:
> Can anyone suggest how hardy any Arum are in USDA zones 6 and 5?  I ha=ve a
> question about various Arum italicum strains for here.  Any hardy in c=older
> zones, like USDA 4?
>
> I did plant roots of A. italicum marmoratum in autumn 2000 and have se=en no
> sign of it since then.  Are any varieties hardy?  When would be the be=st
> time to plant them here, to give them the best chance of surviving?

Clear skies,
Al
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