REPLY: [pbs] Oxblood Lily, and L. squamigera
DaveKarn@aol.com (Sun, 12 Sep 2004 10:06:32 PDT)

In a message dated 9/12/04 9:31:55 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
ConroeJoe@aol.com writes:

Joe ~

Possibly. When I grew this in Minnesota (USDA Z 4), it routinely bloomed in
late August whether grown in clay loam or in the pure sand and full sun of the
last property. Of course, there the dead weed stems acted as a snow catch
and one could count on the wind filtering in some 18"+ of wind-packed snow each
Winter.

In the latter location (right out in the field with everything else), the
only summer water they got were from the occasional thunderstom, yet the row was
always a forest of blooming stems. One I did have trouble with under those
conditions was L. sprengeri, which seldom bloomed. I now understand that these
species/species forms really do prefer more shade and moisture than what it
was getting.

Dave Karnstedt
(now of) Silverton, Oregon, USA
Cool mediterranean climate (hot and dry in Summer and cool and wet in
Winter), USDA Z 6-7