On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 15:05:19 -0400, "Bob Hardy"
wrote:

Thanks. Do you think a semiarundinaria might be more of an evergreen?

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Bob


i have compiled a chart of low temperature tolerances on my website
which is at http://www.endangeredspecies.com

these temps are not cribbed from books, they come from actual HUMAN
SUBJECTS who have reported back to us their growing conditions.
Semiarundinaria fastuousa is evergreen, to be sure, except that it
must lose last year's leaves and grow a new set, but it normally tries
to time this to avoid nudity. the branches and branchlets are so
numerous, so thick, that the plant does not go transparent in winter,
also the canes, they are usually very close to each other, making for
a substantial screen even in winter.

herm