From rarebulbs@earthlink.net Thu Mar 27 22:36:38 2003 Return-Path: <rarebulbs@earthlink.net> Delivered-To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Received: from conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net (conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.54]) by happyhouse.metalab.unc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9D4E2003F for <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 22:36:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from sdn-ar-008casfrmp227.dialsprint.net ([158.252.215.229] helo=DJ9SK221) by conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18ykfU-0000HK-00 for pbs@lists.ibiblio.org; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 19:36:37 -0800 Message-ID: <000501c2f4db$3b8ee1b0$e5d7fc9e@DJ9SK221> From: "diana chapman" <rarebulbs@earthlink.net> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 19:36:34 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Subject: [pbs] Scilla natalensis X-BeenThere: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: diana chapman <rarebulbs@earthlink.net>, Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> List-Id: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs.lists.ibiblio.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php>, <mailto:pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/> List-Post: <mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> List-Help: <mailto:pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php>, <mailto:pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 03:36:38 -0000 Dear All: There is (or used to be) a magnificent display of Scilla natalensis at the Berkeley Botanical Garden in California. This garden is near the San Francisco bay, where winters are very mild, with only occasional frosts, although about once every ten years there can be a significant freeze - bad enough to kill citrus trees. These bulbs seems to bloom very reliably in spite of very mild winter temperatures. Rainfall is about 20-25" (50-60cm) each winter, and falls from October until about March. Summers are totally dry. I am not sure if the bulbs are still there, since there was a total renovation of this part of the garden about three years ago. They grew on a west-facing, moderately steep hill, fully exposed to the sun. Diana