Posted by Mark W. Brown
on 2/24/2009, 2:58 pm, in reply to "Re: hardy cycads"
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: Hello,I am in northern france near
: dieppe and am making a garden on a
: south facing slope right near the
: sea.Most years the temperature here
: is only around -5°C at the most
: usually not so bad though.This year
: we have had -10°C so far.Could any
: cycads resist in well drained west
: faceing sites?I have quite a few
: Cycas revoluta in a greenhouse
: waiting to go out.An Araucaria
: heterophylla has survived outside
: with netting so far just to give an
: indication of conditions.
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: The ceratozmaias are the best to
: handle
: -10C Ceratozamia hildae has seen -12
: with no leaf damage. C. kuesteriana,
: C. microstrobila. C. latifolia, C.
: "Tomazunchale", and the
: true C. mexicana can all take that
: temp with little or not leaf burn.
: The more cold ahrdy Dioon edule
: types might get burned but don't die
: at that temp as well.
:Many thanks for the wonderfull info.I will start hunting for these species straight away!
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