[Arisaema-l] A ringens

[Henry]

How hardy is /A. ringens/?

Is it worth trying in zone 4?

--Henry Fieldseth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, zone 4b (but just blocks away from zone 5a on the new maps)

--- On Sun, 4/8/12, 2csh <2csh at bellsouth.net> wrote:

From: 2csh <2csh at bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [Arisaema-l] A ringens
To: "Arisaema Enthusiast Group (AEG) Discussion List (and other hardy Aroids" <arisaema-l at science.uu.nl>
Date: Sunday, April 8, 2012, 8:56 PM

Yeah, I think anybody on the list that does not grow ringens should get one immediately. It looks like an arisaema on steroids to me, and if you ripped off that spathe limb it looks like you could use it as a blackjack!
 
Mine are planted next to two A. sikokianums and an A. serratum, var. mayebarae that I got from Barry Yinger years ago. That combination usually gets a big jaw drop from visitors when they are all in bloom, as most southern gardeners seem to be unaware of these showy Japanese plants. 
 
Charles Hunter
Smyrna, Georgia USA  zone 7 

--- On Sun, 4/8/12, Russell Coker <cokerra at bellsouth.net> wrote:


From: Russell Coker <cokerra at bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [Arisaema-l] A ringens
To: "Arisaema Enthusiast Group (AEG) Discussion List (and other hardyAroids" <arisaema-l at science.uu.nl>
Date: Sunday, April 8, 2012, 9:11 PM


I hear ya!

I brought my ringens home from Japan in 1987, and it survived in a pot for 
years waiting on me to finish college and settle down.  It was in and out of 
a pot several times.  Finally it was planted in its permanent home in 2001, 
and has flourished and set seeds on a couple of occasions.  Now I have it 
all over my garden, it's definitely the toughest Arisaema I've ever seen.

The mistake I made was assuming they were all as easy, care free and 
reliable as this one.  BIG MISTAKE!  Luckily, because I first saw and fell 
in love with them in Japan too, the kiushianum/thunbergii bunch 
(urashima-sou) have proved to be easy and reliable here on the Gulf Coast 
for me also.

My ringens and thunbergii have been up since January and finished blooming 
over a month ago, kiushianum is finishing now.

Russell in Mobile


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From: "George R. Stilwell, Jr." <GRSJr at att.net>
To: <arisaema-l at science.uu.nl>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 11:32 AM
Subject: [Arisaema-l] A ringens


> My A. ringens started as a seed planted November 1990. It's still
> flourishing and about to bloom. Guess it must like it here on the
> north side of the house between the foundation and large yews.
> Actually there are 4 plants all planted at the same time from the
> same batch of seeds.
>
> At 22 years old, it probably outshines me in equivalent age.
>
> Ray
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