Hardy Crinum List
J.E. Shields (Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:18:14 PDT)

Tony, Dave, et al.,

I can add the following to my list:

Crinum 'Emma Jones' -- disappeared completely over winter
C. 'Seven Sisters' -- only a few small shoots coming up
C. 'Catherine' -- looks fine, but has not tried to bloom so far

All three were sent to me by Roy Works, Tampa, FL, for cold testing. They
were planted in the ground in summer 2003, just about 1 year ago.

C. digweedii survived for a few years in the greenhouse bed and for one
winter out in the open field, but all eventually disappeared. It seems not
to be reliably hardy in central Indiana!

Still awaiting testing: CC. pink dwarf, 'Mystery', americanum, and erubescens

I have room for a few more bulbs in this same bed, around one of my heated
greenhouses, if anyone has something they would like to have tested in a
"friendly" microclimate (please contact me off-list at: <jshields@indy.net>
). In this same bed, I have surviving plants of Hymenocallis liriosme,
Zantedeschia aethiopica 'Green Goddess', and Z. 'Black Pearl', all planted
out there in the ground a year ago. In the same bed are several plants of
C. bulbispermum that have been and continue blooming, in this their third
season in the ground.

Regards,
Jim Shields
in central Indiana (USDA cold zone 5, lowest temps -10°F/-23°C to
-20°F/-28°C in winter)
Maximum summer temps ca. 92°F to 96°F

At 03:48 PM 6/24/2004 -0400, you wrote:

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