JungleShadows said:
The semps that have lots of tectorum and the heuffs all seem to be the least affected by the winter and the ciliosums and velvets the most unhappy. The one exception is 'Lipstick' that looks just fine. It is from 'Silverine' so has tectotrum and wulfenii in the background too. Maybe that's all it needs. Patty Drown's 'Tamerlane' is a similar sort of cross and is not affected either.
One thing I have found here is that the semps need to go through a period in the fall when the water is cut back and no fertilizer is applied. If they go into the winter in lush growth, they are DOOMED. Plants grown more hard survive just fine.
Kevin
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