Maybe you could make a video all about the confusing marketing of cleyera in the United States, how most of it actually ternstroemia gymnanthera, or false cleyera. I was briefly looking at trying some in my zone 6 garden and ran into the issue. It's of interest to me because most sites claim that the species cleyera japonica is zone 6 hardy while ternstroemia gymnanthera is at best zone 7 hardy. The only exception I've found so far is "Romeo" cleyera which they claim is actually just a varigated cultivar of cleyera japonica.
@@mattanderson3452 I did post a few of videos a couple years ago about that subject... I had a variegated cleyera japonica in the ground during a major freeze event and it actually performed worse than the ternstroemia. My opinion is that ternstroemia is a more robust plant in every regard versus true cleyera, but they are both pushing the boundary in zone 7. I wouldn't consider either to be reliable in Zone 6.
@@moseseisley557 Interesting. Guess it just goes to show how unreliable most zone rating are. Are there any broad-leaved evergreens that you would consider reliable, or at least worth a try, in zone 6?
@@mattanderson3452 yes, lots of them: magnolia grandiflora "edith bogue", magnolia virginiana "silver mist", magnolia virginiana "green shadow", cartrema americana, illicium parviflorum, illicium floridanum, ilex opaca, ilex cassine, ilex glabra, pyracantha coccinea, prunus lusitanica, pieris japonica "dorothy wycoff", viburnum rhytidophyllum x utile "prague", ilex crenata "steeds", kalmia latifolia, any of the 'blue' hollies that are ilex aquifolium x ilex rugosa hybrids, and several varieties of rhododendron, just to name the most common ones.
This seems like the wrong time of year to plant. Won't the ground soon freeze and your plants be exposed to temps in the teens or maybe even single digits?
@@chickenfarm09 The ground provides enough insulation to prevent freezing here in middle Tennessee. Also, these trees were heeled into the ground already, so they were going to experience the cold no matter what, it's just that now the roots are in the soil instead of a buried pot. I usually plant all winter whenever the ground is not covered in ice or snow.
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Maybe you could make a video all about the confusing marketing of cleyera in the United States, how most of it actually ternstroemia gymnanthera, or false cleyera. I was briefly looking at trying some in my zone 6 garden and ran into the issue. It's of interest to me because most sites claim that the species cleyera japonica is zone 6 hardy while ternstroemia gymnanthera is at best zone 7 hardy. The only exception I've found so far is "Romeo" cleyera which they claim is actually just a varigated cultivar of cleyera japonica.
@@mattanderson3452 I did post a few of videos a couple years ago about that subject... I had a variegated cleyera japonica in the ground during a major freeze event and it actually performed worse than the ternstroemia. My opinion is that ternstroemia is a more robust plant in every regard versus true cleyera, but they are both pushing the boundary in zone 7. I wouldn't consider either to be reliable in Zone 6.
@@moseseisley557 Interesting. Guess it just goes to show how unreliable most zone rating are. Are there any broad-leaved evergreens that you would consider reliable, or at least worth a try, in zone 6?
@@mattanderson3452 yes, lots of them: magnolia grandiflora "edith bogue", magnolia virginiana "silver mist", magnolia virginiana "green shadow", cartrema americana, illicium parviflorum, illicium floridanum, ilex opaca, ilex cassine, ilex glabra, pyracantha coccinea, prunus lusitanica, pieris japonica "dorothy wycoff", viburnum rhytidophyllum x utile "prague", ilex crenata "steeds", kalmia latifolia, any of the 'blue' hollies that are ilex aquifolium x ilex rugosa hybrids, and several varieties of rhododendron, just to name the most common ones.
This seems like the wrong time of year to plant. Won't the ground soon freeze and your plants be exposed to temps in the teens or maybe even single digits?
@@chickenfarm09 The ground provides enough insulation to prevent freezing here in middle Tennessee. Also, these trees were heeled into the ground already, so they were going to experience the cold no matter what, it's just that now the roots are in the soil instead of a buried pot. I usually plant all winter whenever the ground is not covered in ice or snow.