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by Finnish summer
Thu May 21, 2015 8:06 am
Forum: Other Plants of Interest
Topic: elephant's ear at zone 5 (close to zone 4)
Replies: 2
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elephant's ear at zone 5 (close to zone 4)

My bergenia (Bergenia cordifolia), it survived this winter with a low in the -30C range, more few dozen days below -20C. (no cover no other protection, ~60cm snowfell this winter and what did the job :D )

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by Finnish summer
Thu May 21, 2015 4:51 am
Forum: Other Plants of Interest
Topic: Zone 5 Hardy Bamboo
Replies: 11
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Hi,
You should give a chance to Phyllostachys bissetii, it is cold hardy down to ~ -25°C!
(some of them down to -30°C, if -30°C freezing cold do not last too long)