I think your delayed assessment is more accurate. Am sending a website with more info. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com> To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Pancratium maritimum > Thank you for assuming that I'm a reasonable person, Adam. > > I have two cold frames which I think of as my "protected" cold frames. In > these I grow plants not likely to survive prolonged freezes. One frame is > for plants which do not tolerate summer water, the other is for plants > which > tolerate summer water. The Pancratium went into the summer dry frame; I > thought that was appropriate for a Mediterranean climate plant. When those > plants were obtained as dry, rootless bulbs, the summer dry frame was > managed as a very dry frame - obviously it was too dry for the newly > planted > Pancratium. I think they never had a chance to form a root system. > > Jim McKenney > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/