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Originally Posted by gregb

Joe--I brought several Arizona madrone with me when I moved to Hood River from Tucson in '06. They did very well the first summer here. Since I collected them from elevations from 6,000' to 8,000' I felt they would not need much winter protection here, since it is only 500' above sea level.

Winter '07 was pretty normal for Hood River; lots of snow, ice storms, etc. The madrones seemed o.k. through winter but failed to bud inthe spring and were dead by July. I have collected a small Pacific madrone and will try to be a little more vigilant about winter protection with it. Hope this is helpful to you

Thanks, and I hope you let us know how the pacific madrone goes. I kept mine in a winter enclosure and so far it's made it, but the branch I cut off of it and attempted to root not so much. Some of the leaves are turning black. I collected it on New Year's Eve which is perhaps the worst time to try rooting but not use throwing it away if there's any chance.