Hardy Rain Lilies
jyourch@nc.rr.com (Wed, 04 May 2005 07:09:55 PDT)

Hi All,

We are well into spring here in central North Carolina and I have been
pleasantly
surprised by all the rain lilies left outdoors for hardiness testing
last winter.
Everything survived, including all of the seedlings I grew from direct
sown
PBS BX distributions last year. It was not a particularly cold winter
here, but we
did fall below 10F (-12C) a few nights. Biggest surprise for me was Z.
rosea, which
I thought to be too tender to survive our winters here. Below is the
list of rain
lilies which survived the 2004/2005 winter here in my garden in central
North Carolina
(Zone 7b). If there is interest I can do the same for the Crinum and
Hymenocallis in
my collection.

Happy Gardening,

Jay

Zephyranthes 'Apricot Queen'
Z. 'Aquarius'
Z. atamasco
Z. 'Big Dude'
Z. candida
Z. 'Capricorn'
Z. citrina
Z. 'Cookie Cutter Moon'
Z. drummondii
Z. 'El Cielo'
Z. grandiflora
Z. 'Grandjax'
Z. insularum
Z. 'Joann Trial'
Z. labuffarosea
Z. lindleyana
Z. macrosiphon 'Hidalgo form'
Z. morrisclintii
Z. nymphea
Z. 'Paul Niemi'
Z. 'Peachy'
Z. 'Prarie Sunset'
Z. primulina
Z. reginae
Z. rosea
Z. 'Ruth Page'
Z. Sunset seed strain
Z.'Tenexico Apricot'
Z. traubii
Z. verecunda

Habranthus brachyandrus
H. x floryi 'Green base'
H. x floryi 'Purple base'
H. gracilifolius
H. martinezii
H. robustus
H. robustus 'Russell Manning'
H. tubispathus rosea

x Zephybranthes 'Norma Pearl' (Habranthus robustus x Z. labuffarosea)

Rain lilies that will be tested in the garden this year:
Z. 'Ajax'
Z. 'Itsy Bitsy'
Z. 'Redneck Romance'
Z. simpsonii
Z. 'Bangkok Yellow'