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 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pbs mailing list > >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > Tony Avent > Plant Delights Nursery @ > Juniper Level Botanic Garden > 9241 Sauls Road > Raleigh, NC 27603 USA > Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F > Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F > USDA Hardiness Zone 7b > email tony@plantdelights.com > website http://www.plantdel.com/ > phone 919 772-4794 > fax 919 772-4752 > "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least > three times" - Avent > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php