Dear Digby, Thanks for the reply and information on your climate and Ledebouria in Pietermaritzburg, also for the reference. Fred Boutin Tuolumne, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Digby Boswell" <bandula@absamail.co.za> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Re: Climate and Ledebouria sp > Dear Fred, > > Our weather here in Pietermaritzburg has been colder than usual this year > with light frost every morning for the past month which equals about -1C/-2C > ( I live at the top of a slight rise) with the marshy are 1/2Km away a good > couple of degrees colder.(There is a nice stand of Cyrtanthus breviflorus > there.) On the other end of the scale our summer days regularly go 36 -37C > with an extreme of 43.5C a couple of years ago. > > I checked all the references I have for Ledebouria socialis to no avail. > Sorry. I have growing in my lawn Ledebouria ovatifolia and L. sp (semi > erect plain light green leaves. Similar flowers to L. ovatifolia.) Both are > naturally occuring here. > > And to Brian Whyer, > > Sometimes I confuse myself with the Zones. Insofar as Hilon and frost is > concerned :- go 2Km north to Cedara and you can ski on the frost every > winter morning. > > For those people looking for bulbs that will survive temperatures down > to -10C a good reference is "A Field Guide toWild Flowers Kwazulu-Natal and > Eastern Region" by Elsa Pooley. Scilla dracomontana comes from the top of > Sani Pass where it is really cold and oddly enough grows and flowers very > well in our Pietermaritzburg climate. > > Cheers, > Digby Boswell. > Pietermaritzburg. -2C > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: boutin <boutin@goldrush.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: 15 July 2003 11:16 PM > Subject: [pbs] Re: Climate and Ledebouria sp > > > > Dear Digby, > > > > Saw your note on Albuca, and I too am interested in your local climate. > How > > cold does it get regularly in winter, and what are the extremes? > > > > Also are Ledebouria species native in your area? Are there any forms of > L. > > socialis which come from areas of winter frosts and cold? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Fred Boutin > > Tuolumne, California > > (zone 7) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >