Adam, Annalee posted a website of plants from Malta and it has a photo that looks exactly like the plants I am growing. -----Original Message----- >From: Adam Fikso <adam14113@ameritech.net> >Sent: Mar 8, 2010 6:08 PM >To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Subject: Re: [pbs] Pancratium maritimum > >Patty? The hardiness is indicated as to -5° C from a researcher on Malta >and as 20° F from a grower inhe U.S. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "patty allen" <prallen2@peoplepc.com> >To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 3:49 PM >Subject: Re: [pbs] Pancratium maritimum > > >>I have been growing some Pancratium maritimum in a five gallon pot . >> I am ashamed to say I haven't taken really good care of them. Purchased 21 >> and I counted 18 when I went out side a few minutes ago to see if they had >> survived our 17 degree weather this past winter (yeah, I know, it's not >> over yet!!) >> But they have bloomed for me ever since I planted them,which I believe was >> 3 years ago, even with the neglect I gave them. They are growing in >> ordinary garden soil that you can purchase at a "dirt yard" and they >> weren't protected against the 17 degree weather except for the fallen oak >> leaves that fell in the nursery pot they reside in. >> I'm on the edge of zone 8b/9a, so I've a different set of circumstances >> down that you guys who live farther north. >> Patty >> Humble,Tx. >> -----Original Message----- >>>From: Adam Fikso <adam14113@ameritech.net> >>>Sent: Mar 8, 2010 2:45 PM >>>To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >>>Subject: [pbs] Pancratium maritimum >>> >>>Hello all. I know that this may be currently off topic but does anyone on >>>this list grow Pancratium maritimum?. I can get seed from Malta, >>>apparently, but would like to avoid the importation hassle. Reply off >>>line? >>>unless this is regarded as an interesting enough topic. Thanks, Adam in >>>Glenview, IL USDA 5a >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>pbs mailing list >>>pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >>>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >>>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> >> >> ________________________________________ >> PeoplePC Online >> A better way to Internet >> http://www.peoplepc.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com/