TOW Roscoea
Marguerite English (Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:31:51 PST)

I have had some for about two years now. I keep them potted in my cold
greenhouse because I'm not sure what to do with them outside until I make a
good raised bed that will suit them. Last year they got blown around
during my destructive wind and stored in an undesirable neighborhood until
I got my walls back up, so they didn't bloom well. Only one put out any
blooms but the others just showed leaves. They are dormant right now, and
I have better expectations for this spring. They are in black gallon pots
with normal potting soil (with a little vermiculite and lava rock stirred
in.) Once they show green tips, I'll bring them out to the warmer part of
the greenhouse (night temps 45-50 F) and feed them with ??.

At 08:34 PM 2/12/2003 -0800, you wrote:

Marguerite - Gardening with bulbs and perennials at 3500 feet in the
mountains of southern California. Extreme temperatures in our
Mediterranean climate from 0 to 110 degrees F. Average temperatures 15 to
90 degrees F. A few days of snow in winter and a few days of extreme heat
in Aug-Sept. Drought conditions seem to be changing to an 'El Nino'
year. (I think that's long-hand for USDA zone 7B.)