Livingstonia chinensis, Parts survived the winter in a pot.

bgodwin1987 · Post by **bgodwin1987** » Mon May 07, 2012 9:18 am

So I left a Livingstonia chinenss outside over the winter because I didn't have room for it and it was not looking that great anyway. Surprise 2 leaves have poked up out of the pot. I would say these are prob. much hardier than they are rated, though I don't know if they would be reliably hardy hear. But it survived in a pot 13 F this winter, pretty amazing.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon May 07, 2012 2:35 pm

13F ???? holy cow, that's probably a record.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Tue May 08, 2012 3:18 am

Yes........that's really great. You gotta plant it now since it does not want to die

bgodwin1987 · Post by **bgodwin1987** » Tue May 08, 2012 8:21 pm

Yeah im gonna need to plant this, it has 3 of the trees in the clump are growing leaves we will see what happens with it. It is super hardy I dunno how it survived 13F in a container, the whole thing would have had to freeze.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Wed May 09, 2012 5:40 am

That is good to know. It also corroberates the info ive read stating they can be grown in zone 5 as a dieback perrenial. Plant it in a microclimate, and mulch it in the winter, and see how well it does!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed May 09, 2012 5:57 am

That's cool, who would have thought.