My own sense of Crinum and Lycoris is that their needs are quite different with Crinum able to tolerate quite moist and wet situations with Lycoris requiring good drainage and even a dry period. I also think that Lycoris is less tolerant of being moved. ----- Original Message ----- From: <totototo@telus.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 9:06 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Lycoris season 2 - L. squamigera : 2? > On 8 Aug 2010, at 9:41, Jane McGary wrote: > >> I see a lot of interest from our eastern North American members in >> Lycoris, but I have never been able to keep it here in the Cascade >> foothills, for which I blame cool summer nights. However, yesterday I >> went to a party at a great garden, that of Norm Kalbfleisch and Neil >> Matteuci, that is less than a mile from my new house, and they had >> huge clumps of Crinum in flower. Am I correct in thinking that if you >> can grow Crinum well, you have a chance with Lycoris? If there is a >> similarity in their requirements, I might try Lycoris again -- though >> I don't think I want to use the space for Crinum. > > My experience is that of the Lycoris species, only L. squamigera survives > here > (Victoria, BC), even though crinums do quite well. Don't ask me *which* > crinums: I don't know. Some are probably the hybrids with Amaryllis. > > I have all my crinums planted fairly close to the foundation, where heat > from > the basement helps keep winter frost from causing much harm. > > As for the Lycoris, I've always suspected that the issue for me is the > narcissus fly. Around here the flies are so prevalent, thanks to > indestructible > old narcissus cultivars lurking in waste places, that such lovelies as the > triandrus hybrid narcissus cultivars (e.g. Thalia, Liberty Bells) last > only one > season, and then they are gone. > > > -- > Rodger Whitlock > Victoria, British Columbia, Canada > Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate > on beautiful Vancouver Island > > http://maps.google.ca/maps/… > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/