Acceptable Oxalis
Adam Fikso (Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:08:17 PDT)

Thanks Christiaan--Welcome information about temperatures. Despite years of
training, I still think automatically in Fahrenheit, (only) -- and "quite
winter hardy" for you at -5° C is still 20 F degrees away from our winter
lows. So for me to think about selecting anything to grow here in the
Chicago means that I'd need a list of desirable plants at Sutherland and
then I'd check to see which of those withstood our winters here. I'm sure
that most folks in the PBS can get away with growing almost anything from
South Africa. (No, I know it's not really true.) Might such a list be
handy to you , say-- in the form of plants available from a local nursery
there?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christiaan van Schalkwyk" <cvschalkwyk@lantic.net>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Acceptable Oxalis

Hi all

Most of the winter growing south african species of Oxalis should be quite
winter hardy. Some beautiful species and forms are found in the vicinity
of
Sutherland, which is regarded as the coldest place in South Africa, with
daytime (winter) temperatures often below 5 degrees Celsius, and night
temperatures well below zero(up to -15 !). (Over the whole year an average
low of 3 degrees, and an average high of 20.5, according to
http://www.sutherlandinfo.co.za/