I've killed a few Haemanthus coccineus at 0° buried 6-8 "down, no mulch, no cover. I haven't tried them closer in to the house. Chicago area, northwest side USDA 5a in Glenview ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 8:51 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] Haemanthus Hardiness >I would think they could take that easily. The bulbs are completely >buried, I take it? Had they bloomed before they were plants in the ground? > > Jim > > At 09:42 AM 11/29/2010 -0500, you wrote: >> > >> > Thanks for the note. When did you plant them? >> > >> >>Late fall of 2009. Lows so far, 13F, minimal ground frost, just a couple >>of brief snow events. >> >>Mark Mazer >>Hertford, North Carolina USA >>Zone 8 > > ************************************************* > Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 > P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA > Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/