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From: Erick Adams <rogthegoat at HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Hardiness List - was New member
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A discussion about what people grow where & how sounds good=2C but a si=mple=
list 

of average minimum temperature tolerances doesn't begin to cover all the =pe=
rmutations involved. 

An example would be the species from the Himalayas.  Several of them are =te=
chnically winter hardy

for USDA zones 5 or 6=2C but I find them harder to grow outdoors than e=qual=
ly cold tolerant Japanese species.  

The difference: I have dry summers & wet winters with little or no snow c=ov=
er=2C basically the opposite

conditions the Himalayan species enjoy.

About 15 years ago I bought a Trochodendron aralioides seedling.  The com=mo=
n Hardiness rating at the time was zone 8.  

It's still alive and happy here in zone 6A and now I believe it's listed =as=
zone 5.  A few years back we had about three 

years where I could overwinter typically zone 7 plants outdoors without a=ny=
additional contrivances.  Then things went

back to normal and they all croaked.  So I don't put too much stock in th=e =
USDA zones. 

-erick 

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About 15 years ago I bought a Trochodendron aralioides seedling.&nbsp=3=B Th=
e common Hardiness rating at the time was zone 8.&nbsp=3B <BR>
It's still alive and happy here in zone 6A and now I believe it's listed =as=
zone 5.&nbsp=3B A few years back&nbsp=3Bwe had about three <BR>
years where I could&nbsp=3Boverwinter typically zone 7 plants outdoors =with=
out any additional contrivances.&nbsp=3B Then things went<BR>
back to normal and they all croaked.&nbsp=3B So I don't put too much st=ock =
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