Clinton3666
03-11-2012, 04:05 AM
:woohoonaner:
Hi members,
I lives in Thames, New Zealand and Thames is in zone 10.
Thames wintertime average lowest temperature is 3oC (48oF), above freezing point, but sometimes go down to -1oC (30oF) below freezing point.
Wintertime in Thames, New Zealand, were cold & wet, on June, July, August, with 20 to 28 rainy (wet) days per month of June to August, with 5 frosts on June and 5 frosts on July and 3 frosts on August.,= 10 frosts a year.
I were planning to plant the heliconias in my outdoor backyard gardens at my place in Thames in springtime (Sept)...
HELICONIAS:
pendula
rostrata
penduloides
subulata
spissa
velloziana
dielsiana
lankesterii
secunda
griggsianas
latispatha
angusta
bihai
wagneriana
lingulata
schiedeana
librata
stricta
rostrata
tortuosa
"Golden Torch"
bourgeana
impudica
nutans
carlei
vaginalis
virginalis
mathiasiae
mutisiana
hirsula
pseudoaemygdiana
aurantiaca
farinosa
fernandezii
willisiana
aristeguitae
champneiana
beckneri
burleana
clinophila
combinata
monteverdensis
schumaniana
Which of heliconias are suited for growing in between zone 9 and zone 10 and for up to 3 to 7 cold days at nightime -1oC below freezing point ???
Your advices & help will be appreciated.
Cheers
Clinton.
Hi members,
I lives in Thames, New Zealand and Thames is in zone 10.
Thames wintertime average lowest temperature is 3oC (48oF), above freezing point, but sometimes go down to -1oC (30oF) below freezing point.
Wintertime in Thames, New Zealand, were cold & wet, on June, July, August, with 20 to 28 rainy (wet) days per month of June to August, with 5 frosts on June and 5 frosts on July and 3 frosts on August.,= 10 frosts a year.
I were planning to plant the heliconias in my outdoor backyard gardens at my place in Thames in springtime (Sept)...
HELICONIAS:
pendula
rostrata
penduloides
subulata
spissa
velloziana
dielsiana
lankesterii
secunda
griggsianas
latispatha
angusta
bihai
wagneriana
lingulata
schiedeana
librata
stricta
rostrata
tortuosa
"Golden Torch"
bourgeana
impudica
nutans
carlei
vaginalis
virginalis
mathiasiae
mutisiana
hirsula
pseudoaemygdiana
aurantiaca
farinosa
fernandezii
willisiana
aristeguitae
champneiana
beckneri
burleana
clinophila
combinata
monteverdensis
schumaniana
Which of heliconias are suited for growing in between zone 9 and zone 10 and for up to 3 to 7 cold days at nightime -1oC below freezing point ???
Your advices & help will be appreciated.
Cheers
Clinton.