John: We only turn the irrigation on in this region in the summer months when it gets very dry...say, no rain in 7-10 days, but it gets all natural rainfall, which could easily be 6-8" in big storm. Moisture has not proven to be a problem with Nothoscordum sellowianum. Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdelights.com/ phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent John T Lonsdale wrote: > "We have ours planted in a full sun rock berm (west-facing slope), amended > with small gravel...no winter protection. I don't think we have dropped > below 8 degrees F since we have grown it." > > Tony - how much moisture will this location have in summer? > > Thanks, > > John > > John T Lonsdale PhD > 407 Edgewood Drive, > Exton, Pennsylvania 19341, USA > > Home: 610 594 9232 > Cell: 484 678 9856 > Fax: 801 327 1266 > > Visit "Edgewood" - The Lonsdale Garden at http://www.edgewoodgardens.net/ > > USDA Zone 6b > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >