Black Jack

[Tony Avent]

Jim:

All of the plants that we sell are clones.  I spent some time botanizing
in Florida this year and found others with small flecks of black in the
leaf, but never anything close to A. 'Black Jack'.

Tony Avent
Plant Delights Nursery @
Juniper Level Botanic Garden
9241 Sauls Road
Raleigh, North Carolina  27603  USA
Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F
Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F
USDA Hardiness Zone 7b
email tony at plantdelights.com
website  http://www.plantdelights.com
phone 919 772-4794
fax  919 772-4752
"I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent



Jim McClements, Dover, DE z6 wrote:
>
> In a message dated 11/24/07 11:32:36 AM, asiatica at NNI.COM writes:
>
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>>
>> I don't know why Tony thinks it won't be hardy in Zone 6. It is fine
>> here in mid Zone 6 and we don't usually have snow cover.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> As long as you can keep it cold over the winter in the pot it should
>> be fine. Or you could put the pot in a zip lock bag and keep it in
>> the vegetable bin of the refrigerator. It is very late to emerge so
>> don't despair in the spring.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> It is amazingly beautiful, and a fast multiplier, so you could could
>> try some offsets outside next year.
>>
>>
> Has  anyone seen it set seed, or is it likely to be self-sterile?
>
> I think that Tony A. said it came from Florida originally, but it's
> not clear whether it was one plant that he has sold clones of, or if
> it is a form not necessarily cloned.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> Jim McClements
> 50 S. Prestwick Ct.
> Dover, Delaware 19904, USA
> Zone 7a
> 302-734-2836
>
>
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