Posted by Joe S z7 CT
on 11/3/2009, 9:54 pm, in reply to "Mandevilla vine - not hardy."
76.118.155.92
Thank you, Mike. I guess my collection is decently sizable in number and variety... but most of the plants are pretty tiny! Still much more room for improvement (and more subtrops!). Not pictured, I am also growing another two crapes (Natchez and Tonto), two clumps of Liriope 'Big Blue', a regular S. minor, a 'McCurtain' variety S. minor, and a Ligustrum lucidum out front. Another needle, four minors, an Ilex vomitoria, a Magnolia virginiana 'Australis', and a Bald Cypress are growing along the side the my house not pictured at all here. And, finally, I have two S. minor (no special ecotype) planted in the woods away from the house and two baby M. grandiflora planted about a 1/2 mile away in maritime forest conservation land.
Rabbits are a huge problem for me (especially since I am not always down there to look after things) so I do like to cage up some special and/or smaller plants... LOL I have had just too many fatalities!
Thank you for looking!
Location: Southern Connecticut - NYC Region
30 Year Avg. Minimum Low: 2ºF (z7a)
10 Year Avg. Minimum Low: 5ºF (z7a/b)
Winter: 38ºF/24ºF, Record Low: -7ºF
Summer: 80ºF/66ºF, Record High: 98ºF
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