Bonaventure: I have not personally tried Sinningia leucotricha, but one of our customers has found it to be completely hardy to about 12 degrees F in the ground, about 1 hr east of us. I will be planting this soon. At 04:46 PM 4/11/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >Tony Avent writes: > We grow Sinningia selovii and S. tubiflora here in NC in our full sun rock >scree. They have been in several years and have endured 9 degrees F (-13C) >with no problem (no mulch or snow cover). We also grow S. 'Tante', which >is an intermediate hybrid. We plan to put in another 30+ species this year >for trials. This was quite a surprise to us, but these seem far hardier >than their origin would indicate. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > > What about S. leucotricha? Has a bulb, sort of. My only gesneriad but one >of my favorite plants. > Bonaventure Magrys > > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdel.com/ phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent