tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414063505792996497.post6341408918700788696..comments2024-03-05T09:42:08.368-08:00Comments on A not so simple garden: Erythina zeyheri, the Ploegbreker (Plowbreaker)geranioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960970596321533700noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414063505792996497.post-14857490689257383762021-10-16T15:01:08.154-07:002021-10-16T15:01:08.154-07:00Plowbreakers can taken extreme dry cold weather an...Plowbreakers can taken extreme dry cold weather and like fires as well. -10C is common in our area and even up to -20C. Where I live we find them on western slopes of hillsides but also in open grasslands. We get 700-1000mm rain per annum, of which almost all is in summer as thunderstorms. Francoishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02570243760099594281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414063505792996497.post-3480487813151640742017-01-23T09:18:14.038-08:002017-01-23T09:18:14.038-08:00I am so jealous of your success with this, Ernie: ...I am so jealous of your success with this, Ernie: I'm sure there are very hardy forms as I've seen it in very cold areas in the wild...<br /><br />Just getting those sources would be the first step--you've been a champion to have done this! Bravo. (Marc ought to have them plant your old collections out at NYBG where they have lots of warm pockets!)...Panayoti Kelaidishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414063505792996497.post-17598524722543257652016-11-12T21:49:12.045-08:002016-11-12T21:49:12.045-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.useducationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10511305057841117301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414063505792996497.post-89503962967782946942016-08-09T08:33:43.439-07:002016-08-09T08:33:43.439-07:00I always enjoy your blog. I tried it outside at ...I always enjoy your blog. I tried it outside at DBG around 2006 in a protected microclimate against the cactus and succulent house but lost it the first winter. I didn't mulch it as other tender items had survived there quite well. It would be fun to try it again.<br />kintgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16388919666611818768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414063505792996497.post-24284754267739427842016-08-04T10:30:26.160-07:002016-08-04T10:30:26.160-07:00probably is somewhat dry where it grows in winter ...probably is somewhat dry where it grows in winter but only because rain is rare during that season in the areas it grows. I have noted that the two plants out back do have spider mites, no doubt due to the recent hot spell we had, and I will spray them with miticide (floramite) soon. geranioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960970596321533700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414063505792996497.post-36028858522140670852016-08-01T15:52:22.379-07:002016-08-01T15:52:22.379-07:00I first saw this last year when you posted picture...I first saw this last year when you posted pictures of this plant. It's a very interesting thing and good job on trying it outside! <br />Being susceptible to spider mites sounds like it wants plenty of moisture. Do you think it's winter dry in it's native haunts?bittsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547598484469324272noreply@blogger.com