south african bulbs

south african bulbs
Tony Avent (Thu, 19 Feb 2004 05:35:10 PST)

Kevin:

Sorry, I should have said wintergreen as they do go summer dormant.

At 08:18 AM 2/19/2004 -0500, you wrote:

Tony -
Are they really evergreen? or do they go dormant in the summer? My 2-3 bulbs
of this go dormant in the summer here in Florida.

spring is here in St. Petersburg, FL
Kevin Preuss

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Avent" <tony@plantdelights.com>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 7:19 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] south african bulbs

Arnold:

The leaves on the Boophane haemanthoides went limp in very cold temps, but
returned to normal when the temps rose above freezing.

At 06:49 PM 2/18/2004 -0500, you wrote:

TONY;

Did the foliage die back or remain green and go flaccid from the cold.
My boophone disticha lose their leaves and shrivel a bit ( indoors of
course). I give a sprinkle around the edge of the pot and that seems
to help them through our unbearable winter.

Any pictures , please.

Arnold
New Jersey

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