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Originally Posted by tony palmer
Thanks Markku,
I’m trying to establish whether it would be a hardy candidate for growing here in the UK but it doesn’t sound like it would, coming from 1600m, that isn’t high enough elevation for it to be considered hardy here; perhaps with some good protection it may be half-hardy though.
Is it the dry season in winter!
Here the winters are cold and wet so that could also be a problem too.
Thanks,
Tony |
Hi Tony,
I suppose that var. xishuangbannaensis could stand only 2 to 3 minus degrees freeze. Some of those M.yunnanensis varieties are much more cold hardier. However, in Sichuan I saw only M.basjoo variants and Musellas. In those climate are too cold for the other species. In Yunnan along Burma border to north the climate is much warmer compare to Sichuan.
Markku.