Hardiness of Zephyranthes foliage
Lakedees (Mon, 14 Oct 2013 11:13:50 PDT)

I have gotten flavissima to seed on occasion and have raised plants from seed. Something about them makes them reluctant to seed even though I hand pollinate. Last year was a good year for them to seed but this year has yielded no seeds even with hand pollination. I have also found that if you buy potted plants I shake all of the potting mix off of them and plant them in the ground where they are going. Most potting mixes will keep bulbs too moist and they will freeze here in NC. Once I started replanting them in a lower organic content soil that drains well I quit loosing bulbs and raise many that are not zone 7 hardy if you follow recomendations.

George
Liberty, NC
7b

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Avent <Tony@plantdelights.com>
To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Mon, Oct 14, 2013 1:54 pm
Subject: Re: [pbs] Hardiness of Zephyranthes foliage

Most interesting.

Tony Avent
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-----Original Message-----
From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On
Behalf Of Alani Davis
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 1:47 PM
To: Pacific Bulb Society
Subject: Re: [pbs] Hardiness of Zephyranthes foliage

Tony -
I got a chance to grow Zephyranthes flavissima from wild collected seed but
they were not particularly unique different. I go them to flower a couple
years but have since lost the group

Alani Davis

On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Tony Avent <Tony@plantdelights.com> wrote:

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Alani