Rob, this species does well in my garden, as do many other Crinum discussed and mentioned on this topic. Our lows are -1 ( 30.2 F ) for a usual winter. They seem to do fine. I think it is rather the soil percolation rate x the temperature that is the deciding factor. We have most of our rain fall in the winter, at a time when some of the species I grow need it dry and cool. Crinum scabrum tolerates our winter which is most surprising to me. In Wodonga, when I grew them in pots, I had to move them to a dryer spot each winter. Now they are in the ground, I don't have this job each autumn...hooray! Best wishes, Dash. Daryl 'Dash' Geoghegan, Mainly Amaryllids Garden, P O Box 173, Barnawartha, Victoria, 3688, Australia. +61 02 60267377, Mobile 0429 621 612 Visit my web site @ http://www.mainlyamaryllidsgarden.com/ ------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Hamilton" <roberth6@mac.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 9:55 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Hardy Crinum List > > Hi all, > > Can anyone advise on the low(s) tolerated by Crinum lugardiae. > > Cheers, > > Rob in Tasmania > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php