Lycoris in sun or shade
James Waddick (Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:03:36 PDT)

Dear Tony and all;
It's always definitions isn't it?

I consider summer baking something akin to bulbs that can
take (require) hot and dry periods for extended periods of time.
Then there is the difference between "require" and "tolerate".

As I have indicated before when we have a baking summer
Lycoris bloom is delayed. When we have our usual if unpredictable
and occasional summer rain, they will bloom in unison and 'on time'.

So I'd say NONE of them really 'like' a summer baking and all
prefer more even, year-round moisture. If you consider these odd
woodlanders and more like Hosta or Epimedium, they can all take some
drought, but they all do better with regular moisture.

I really don't put Lycoris and baking in the same sentence.
Even though they can grow is climates with warm summers during
summers, bulbs are in the peak amount of shade and do not experience
the same drying out that they might in sunny sites.

Summer baking for Junos and Oncocyclus Iris.

best Jim W.

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