Polianthes tuberosa
J.E. Shields (Mon, 25 Apr 2011 05:31:49 PDT)
The comments by folks, particularly Leo and Jim McK., show why my
Polianthes bloomed only sporadically at best! Back when I grew them, any
plants I grew either had to be hardy outdoors in the ground here in central
Indiana or they had to survive dry winter storage, often just barely above
freezing. My Polianthes had to endure dry storage in winter. They would
clearly have been much better off in a greenhouse. If I recall correctly,
under my conditions they did produce huge numbers of tiny offshoots.
Jim Shields
At 08:41 PM 4/24/2011 -0400, you wrote:
.......
Polianthes tuberosa is not reliably hardy here in zone 7 Maryland unless
very carefully sited (i.e. next to a sunny wall). But that position is not
really a good choice for this plant because it's likely to be in the rain
shadow of the house and the tuberose responds very well to copious water.
.......
Jim McKenney
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