I am in central Indiana (a suburb of Indianapolis) and this is about the border between USDA zone 5a and 5b. Hymenocallis occidentalis is pretty hardy here, but its natural habitats are in zone 6 or warmer. Jim At 09:57 AM 8/26/2011 -0400, you wrote: >do you know what your american ZONE would be? > >thanks > >-------------------------------------------------- >From: "Ina Crossley" <klazina1@gmail.com> >Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 1:09 AM >To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Subject: Re: [pbs] Question on Clivia > > > For what it is worth, here I can grow them outside. They get no water > > and are in total shade, no sun at all. I have all different ones, some > > red, some creamy white (that one is gorgeous) and various orange and > > also yellow. > > > > Which I got as I belong to a Clivia club. > > > > They eventually grow into big clumps, which when the clump gets too big, > > some of them die off in the middle and get replaced by the plant itself. > > > > They flower happily. > > > > Hope that is some help. > > > > Ina Auckland, New Zealand Where the weather is actually lovely and > > spring like. > > > > On 26/08/2011 11:30 a.m., elilium71@roadrunner.com wrote: > >> Hello everyone, > >> I bought my first clivia (labeled yellow flowered clivia). I'm a Lilium > >> guy and I have little or no knowledge on how to grow it well and I'm > >> looking for advice. > >> It is in a seven inch plastic pot and the plant has 17 leaves and is > >> about 27 inches high. It is outside (half shaded area) and has been since > >> early July > >> What size pot should it be repotted into and what is the best time to > >> replant it. Also what type of mix should it be planted in. > >> Thanks in advance, > >> Eric Duma > >> Western New York > >> Zone 5b > >> _______________________________________________ > >> pbs mailing list > >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Lat. 40° 02.8' N, Long. 086° 06.6' W