Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Plants and Gardens #120, 1 by ardesia

ardesia wrote:
Ben, I think the key to winter hardiness is good drainage. We never freeze here, the soil temp does not go below 55, but it stays damp and that is the killer. Those who garden on sand here have no problems, I am not one of those lucky ones, my soil is pure muck.

Walhalla is one of those areas where there are both unusually warm and unusually cold microclimates. Your uncle might be in the latter.

Does anyone have any insight into the difference(s) between the Tea Cup and the Coffee Cups EE's? They look so much alike in the literature.

Some kind of scented geranium flower, not tropical but oh so pretty.