Bone hardy?

[johnjf]

What does this mean if a flower is bone hardy?

[Eeyore]

i have never heard that comment but I'm guessing that it would mean it is extremely hardy and difficult to kill.

[Heidi S]

That's one I haven't heard before..... who knows?

[Dumbo]

A quick google brings this term up in UK garden forums and UK garden articles. So must be a brit thing.
Example:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/gardeni ... years.html

Seems to mean "freeze hardy". Or, "can take a freeze". But to what temperature?? No clue. Seems to be a general term.

[johnjf]

Thank you for the help

[B_BQ]

I never heard the expression bone hardy, apparently meaning winter-hardy, but then I wasn't into gardening in those years!

The expression bone tired of course is self-explanatory and is used not only in the UK but around the world - meaning tired throughout the body right to the bones! It's a good expression because it's so self-explanatory.

~BBQ