Haemanthus Hardiness

Adam Fikso adam14113@ameritech.net
Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:21:02 PST
I've killed a few Haemanthus coccineus at 0° buried 6-8 "down, no mulch, no 
cover.   I haven't tried them closer in to the house.  Chicago area, 
northwest side USDA 5a in Glenview



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Haemanthus Hardiness


>I would think they could take that easily.  The bulbs are completely 
>buried, I take it?  Had they bloomed before they were plants in the ground?
>
> Jim
>
> At 09:42 AM 11/29/2010 -0500, you wrote:
>> >
>> > Thanks for the note.  When did you plant them?
>> >
>>
>>Late fall of 2009.  Lows so far, 13F, minimal ground frost, just a couple
>>of brief snow events.
>>
>>Mark Mazer
>>Hertford, North Carolina USA
>>Zone 8
>
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