hardiness
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Add to this variations in microclimates, changing weather patterns and the fact that plants increase in hardiness after they’re in the ground a while, and you can see the confusion.
From Seattle Times
In the spring, it isn’t so much rising average temperatures that threaten the hardiness of cherry trees, according to Christopher Walsh, a horticulture professor at the University of Maryland.
From Washington Post
Though short, they do some serious metaphorical labor, trained on matters of hardiness and sustenance.
From Los Angeles Times
In keeping with old solstice celebrations, the song praises the tree's faithful hardiness during the dark and cold winter.
From Salon
There is a hardiness verging on obstinacy on display among residents who have survived the war sheltering in their basements and cellars.
From New York Times
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