dracunculus hardiness

[Petra Schmidt]

Hey Adam...Dracunculus vulgaris was alive and well in St. Louis, Missouri in
my back yard for years...blooming, setting seed...try it again in your
Chicago area...Petra


----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Fikso" <irisman at AMERITECH.NET>
To: <ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL>
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: THANKS


> Hello Brian.  you are a good deal warmer than we here in the Chicago area
so
> much of what you regard as hardy would be wiped out here.  Will consider
> asking for something later.  Dracunculus can't handle our weather here.
Adam
> Fikso, Z 5a
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Williams" <pugturd at ALLTEL.NET>
> To: <ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL>
> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 5:53 AM
> Subject: THANKS
>
>
> > Thanks for the warm welcome to the list. The few species I have all set
> > seed. And I currently have extras seeds of both the common one here and
> >