Hi Mike and Jim: I am no long growing native lilies. They are very difficult, and need regular treatment with fungicides, and I lose them frequently, so I have pretty much given up on them. I can't even grow the ones that are native to my area!! I can get them to germinate, but each year fewer and fewer return. I also got more complaints from customers about lilies, in the "they died" category. They are just very fussy, and need exactly the right growing conditions. Diana Telos > Jim wrote: > >> I am looking for dry summer lilies to use in my oak woodland landscaping > Try Telos Rare Bulbs this summer (they are out of stock at the moment, and > besides this isn't bulb shipping season). They may also be able to give you > advice on which bulbs might survive in your conditions. > > The other thing to do is check the Sources list on the wiki. Just go to the > Wiki contents page and look for the link to Sources. > > There used to be some commercial sources for western North America lily > seeds, but I'm not aware of any at the moment. > > I garden in San Jose in an oak woodland, similar to your climate but the > summers are not as brutal. Even here I doubt that I could get any native > lilies to survive without some supplemental irrigation in summer... > > Good luck! > > Mike > San Jose, CA (zone 9, min temp 20F) > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >