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/