"V_coerulea" wrote in message
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They can get to be very large bushes with brittle wood that breaks in
every storm. So keep well pruned. The flowers are great and are produced
all summer and fall! They will even survive heavy freezes and come back
from the roots in zones 7-8.


Thanks for the tips Gary. I'm in zone 11 --- it rarely gets down to 32
degrees here - never to 20. But I DO get wind gusts up to 70 MPH several
times a year.

Pat