arisaemas for zone 3-4

[Oleg Vasiliev/re-subscribe]

Dear Henry,

I ordered from Chen Yi several years ago and have selected some arisaemas
for growing in my garden (Moscow, Russia (zone 3-4) without winter
protection at all. Here they are:

A-01 Arisaema bathycoleum (half-hardy in my garden. Sometimes I lost 1 or 2
tubers from my stock)

A-03 Arisaema candidissimum (pink-flowered) 3200 - no lost
A-03 Arisaema candidissimum (white-flowered) 3200 - no lost
A-04 Arisaema candidissimum var. serratum 3200 - no lost (I am not sure
"var. serratum" is correct ?)

Arisaema ciliatum (in 1996 or 1997 years it has number A-08. I would
say this arisaema are hardy in zone 3. Last spring one plant was alive when
I found ones on the bed.)

Arisaema franchetianum 3500 (if I remember number was A-09, when it was
I ordered. Very hardy - zone 3)

A-55 Arisaema flavum 2800

A-12 Arisaema sikokianum 1300 (I lost a few plants last winter. Pay
attention it's not A. sikokianum.)

A-33-36 Arisaema erubescens (several simillar arisaemas + A-63 Arisaema
erubescens var. overwintered in my garden under protection)

A-53 (A-51?) yello-green arisaema with brown spots on steem. Bloom very
early - first days of May. I don't know one's name.

A-43 Arisaema multisestum 1300 3.00

This winter I am testing more arisaemas from China. Hope they will alive.
Beginning of this winter are very cold: -20C last night without any snow at
all.

First year I take only 1 plant per item for testing hardiness without any
protection, but all "stock" of my arisaemas are covered with 10 cm of mulch.

Oleg