south african bulbs

Kevin D. Preuss hyline@tampabay.rr.com
Thu, 19 Feb 2004 05:18:07 PST
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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