On 9 Sep 03 at 19:40, J.E. Shields wrote: > Finally, after growing Brodiaea coronaria in a pot in the greenhouse > and getting very little bloom, and grumbling because I did not think > it worth the precious greenhouse benchtop space it took up, I > planted the whole potful out in the rock garden in summer 2002. > This summer, they bloomed abundantly! Whoever convinced me that B. > coronaria was too tender for Indiana was apparently wrong. These > bulbs were grown from seed from Ron Ratko, collected in the wild, > his #NNS 97-37. Maybe Ron collected these seeds from a harsher, > wetter locality than the usual California types grow in. Brodiaea coronaria grows as far north as British Columbia and is bone-hardy as far as I am concerned. Our winters are *usually* mild, but every so often we get an "arctic outflow" of extremely cold air. Februrary 1989 is the last one that was really memorable; the soil froze a foot deep in some places. Brodiaea coronaria doesn't turn a hair at these cold snaps. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate on beautiful Vancouver Island