[GrowRR] cold tolerance

[Daylily Grower]

Hi Don and all,
Very interesting Don, Personally thought that most of California would 
be a bit cool though your climate appears similar  to my climate.
I live 20miles west of the town 'Byron Bay'(coastal  small town), on the 
East coast of Australia In the north east region of the state of  New 
South Wales.
We get some frost though only about a week of frost in winter and warm 
humid summers . (Warm temperate climate)
The reason for this information is that I like growing broms from seed 
and want to produce seed of plants that have a wide tolerance of 
temperature and climate, also have lots of colour,  relatively thornless 
and suitable for pot culture. Currently am growing seed of many of the 
Neoregelia like Neoregelia scarlet charlotte, Neo. medusa, Neo Grace etc 
inorder to produce a generation of thornless large flowerng compact 
neoregelia also dwarf viresia and guzmania hybrids.


Dgmisumi at aol.com wrote:

> Alan...welcome to the bromeliad world...Where do you grow your 
> plants....I am in So California, LA to be exact.  All the Billbergias 
> grow well here...as do most of those listed in this email...Presently, 
> I have A. weilbachia, A. gamosepala, N. 'Fireball', V. carinata (now 
> in bloom), & V. sucrei growing in my backyard, under 50% shade 
> cloth...no other protection.  This year we only had frost once, but 
> most winters, we have 4-7 of nights 32 or below...and these all do 
> well.  If you are in an area that is cold (freezing or lower), most of 
> the winter, you may have to take measures to protect your 
> plants...like taking them indoors...Hope this is helpful....Don