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 Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdelights.com/ phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent -----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: > Very interesting about Zephyranthes flavissima. There seems to be only > one clone in commerce (no idea where it originated), and it is a poor > performer and never sets viable seed. Do you know of any one that has > grown this from seed and if there is much variability to the seedlings? > > Tony Avent > Plant Delights Nursery @ > Juniper Level Botanic Garden > 9241 Sauls Road > Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA > Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F > Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F > USDA Hardiness Zone 7b > email tony@plantdelights.com > website http://www.plantdelights.com/ > phone 919 772-4794 > fax 919 772-4752 > "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least > three times" - Avent > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] > On Behalf Of Alberto Castillo > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 12:47 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] Hardiness of Zephyranthes foliage > > Zephyranthes flavissima in the wild used to grow in the equivalent of zone > 10 citrus belt. Z. grandiflora is from zone 10 in Mexico. Bulb hardiness > depends on wether the pots are in a plunge bed or exposed to cold air. > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- Alani