Climate and Ledebouria sp

boutin boutin@goldrush.com
Sun, 20 Jul 2003 09:33:29 PDT
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)
> >
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