Minimum temp for Nerine
J.E. Shields (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:26:21 PDT)

Max, Mike, and all,

The area in South Africa where Nerine sarniensis occurs in the wild gets
very dry and very hot in summer. It is semi-desert. They should be able
to take some heat when dry. They get their bit of rainfall in
winter. Sound's like the California coast to me.

Now I don't know what the hybrids have come to need in the way of growing
conditions. I would guess that they can mostly still tolerate conditions
approaching those of the wild habitat.

By and large, we would be best advised to follow Nikko's advice as far as
possible where we are.

Jim Shields
in Westfield, Indiana
USA

At 12:20 AM 9/2/2010 -0700, you wrote:

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