RE: HELP! EremurusI wonder what the weather in Afghanistan is like in winter? Is it like the center of the US? I just heard that the average day time temp in Iraq two or three months from now is 115 F! Seems like that robin from Pakistan said there are parts where they get snow in winter. So, Diane, you think it's the lack of cold? Cathy Craig President PBS Maritime zone 9b -----Original Message----- From: pbs-admin@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-admin@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Diane Whitehead Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 2:41 PM To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: [pbs] RE: HELP! Eremurus Every time I open Phillips and Rix' Bulbs, I look at the pictures of Eremurus olgae in the Elburz Mountains,and stenophyllus in the Hindu Kush, and wish I could visit the areas at bloom time. Since the country in question is Afghanistan, I no longer have a desire to actually do this, but I'm glad the photographer, Christopher Grey-Wilson, went. The pictures let me know how hopeless trying to grow them is for me. Look at them - blue sky all the way to the horizon, not a bush in sight, let alone a tree. -- Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada maritime zone 8 cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually) sandy soil