Jim: The only Pancratium that we have had success with outdoors is Pancratium foetidum which has been in the ground since 2000. It flowers for us in late July. 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: > Hymenocallis liriosme began to bloom this evening just as the rain began. > It’s now pouring out its scent. > > For me, the scent of Hymenocallis has a wonderful tropical quality. Yes, I > know that that's an idiotic thing to say: no doubt there are those who think > the Thai fish sauce nam pla has a tropical quality, too. But that's just one > of those things we say, and I'll bet that a lot of you know what I mean > without further explanation. Earlier this year there were the various Ismene > sorts which produced this scent in abundance. The scents produced by these > Ismene sorts is not exactly like that of Hymenocallis liriosme, but there is > a sort of family resemblance. > > My first bulb of Hymenocallis liriosme came years ago from Zephyr Gardens. > The current one is also from a Texas source, as if to keep the tradition > going. I’ve been growing this one in a pot, but I’ll bet it would survive > the winter here easily near a wall. Unfortunately, all of the sunny wall > space here is already occupied. > > I’m also nursing along a tiny plant of what is supposed to be Hymenocallis > occidentalis: the years are adding up but so far there is not much action. > > On a related note: last fall I planted three Pancratium maritimum in the > protected cold frame. They did not produce foliage then or since. But I > expect them to do so this fall. I have yet to see a member of this genus in > flower, so the anticipation is building. Who else is growing Pancratium? > > Jim McKenney > jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com > Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone > 7, where the first Lycoris can't be too far off. > My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ > BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.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 > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >