Scilla peruviana Grows well in the South west of the UK, Devon and despite our last cold winter -prolonged periods of -12 has come through unaffected also is happy in wet clay soil which with this combination of wet and cold can be too much for some things. Often I think it is the addition of wet that Kills the plant and not so much the cold in the first instance. -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jane McGary Sent: 28 June 2010 03:46 To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: Re: [pbs] Scilla peruviana Scilla peruviana (despite the name, about which there is a "confused botanist" story) is native to Spain, where it grows in the mountains at mid elevations. I grow it outdoors in Oregon, where it survives and flowers after winter temperatures in the mid-teens F. It is well adapted to dry summers, which Barbara probably does not have in New Mexico -- I believe the rains there are mostly in late summer? In the wild, I saw it growing amid shrubs and in roadside ditches, in considerable shade. Jane McGary At 06:16 PM 6/27/2010, you wrote: >I recently bought a bunch of geophytes in a fit of enthusiasm. One >of them is Scilla peruviana. Has anyone grown it in the ground in a >colder climate? > >- Barbara Weintraub >Santa Fe, New Mexico >6700 feet elevation >(Think high desert) >nominally zone 5b