Dear Laaw: Our Kniphofia sarmentosa is one of the earliest species to flower in March, but in milder climates, our customers find it to bloom through the winter. 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 Lauw de Jager wrote: > Dear all, > This year we have a brillant example of a winterflowering Kniphoffia: K > rooperii. We only had severe frost the end of November. All the flowerbuds > remained intact throughout the winter and the flworing has lasted since > early January. In the Northeast of Spain I saw a few days ago another > Kniphofia in flower marqued as being K sarmentosa (glauce green naroow > foliage spike elongated with red/yellow flowers). Can anyone confirm that > this species is indeed winterflowering. As far as I can find in the > literature the only winter flowering species are K rooperi and coddiana (it > was certainly not one of these two) > Look forward to yor help > > Greetings > > > -- Lauw de Jager > Bulb'Argence > South of France (zone 9 (olive trees) > emailto: dejager@bulbargence.com > Site http://www.bulbargence.com/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >