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Subject: Re: Zantedeschia in cold climates
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Hi Jim,

Usually US zone 6 is similar to the zone where I live. Zantedeschia
aethiopica has survived here the past five years. It rewards us with a lo=t
of flowers and good growth planted in sandy soil for the winter drainage.=A
thick leaf cover helps through the winter cold.

Sven in southern Sweden

> A plant friend here in Indiana has been growing a Zantedeschia in the
> ground year round for the past htree years.  She says it produces leave=s
> each year but has not flowered.  She live in Bloomington, Indiana,
> southwest of Indianapolis and on the border between zones 5 and 6.
>
> Has anyone in zone 6 or colder grown any Zantedeschia as hardy and had =bloom?
>
> Jim Shields in Indiana
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