Jim: Yes, these are growing in the ground. This could make a little difference in flowering time. 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 Jim McKenney wrote: > Tony Avent wrote: "All of the Acidanthera/Gladiolus that we've ever grown > flowers very late here...early-mid October." > > That's surprising to me, Tony, because plants growing here bloom much > earlier than that, and you've got us beaten in the heat department. > > And plants in containers (big tubs) bloom before plants in the ground. > They're usually blooming sometime in August here. They bloom early enough to > ripen seed easily. > > The plants I'm describing are grown from corms which are dug annually and > stored at room temperature. By the time I plant them they usually have > sprouts an inch or two long. > > Are you describing plants left in the ground? > > > Jim McKenney > jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com > Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where winter is relaxing its > grip for a few days. > > My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ > > Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS > Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ > > Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >