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Subject: Re: Woohoo! Yipee!
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Jaime,

/Arisaema triphyllum/ does quite well in Zones 3 and 4
here in Minnesota. Even growing in the Zone 2 parts of
our state. Our winters are deep and long.

Usually we have good snow cover throughout the winter.
But this year the ground was bare. We had 54" of frost
in the ground here in the Twin Cities this year (32"
is average) and my Jacks are all up and blooming right
on schedule.

The Green Dragon hasn't yet shown it's head.

And only the Chinese roots that wintered in the root
cellar are up. Sadly, I know that I lost a lot of the
roots from Chen Yi.

While I haven't yet wintered /A. sikokianum/, it is
reputed to hardy in Minnesota. I have you tried it
outside? I got a dozen tiny /A. s./ bulbs last fall
which spent the winter in my root cellar; now I have
nine little plants in the back. Does anyone know how
soon they can be planted out?

--Henry
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Zone 4, latitude 45 degrees north

--- Jaime Rodriguez <jaime at MATNET.COM> wrote:
> It has been ages since I have written to the AEG.  I
> did want to let you all
> know that last fall I took a chance and planted all
> my  Arisaema triphyllum
> outside in my garden beds.  It looks like they have
> all survived,  and
> several are going to bloom, including one monster
> that is sending up a nose
> that is one inch in diameter. I don't know if anyone
> is succeeding farther
> north than me, but I am excited to have them in the
> garden. They have
> survived one winter outdoors, anyway, after three
> years of forcing them in
> pots and storing them in a refrigerator.  Now , if I
> could only get A.
> sikkokianum to winter over without rotting or
> dessicating! LOL :)
>
> Jaime Rodriguez
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