Snow cover is the key. Unfortunately it is not reliable in my area north of lake Ontario. People 50 -100 km north of me often can grow stuff I cannot because they are in the snow belt Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 13, 2015, at 11:23 AM, Rimmer deVries <rdevries@comcast.net> wrote: > > Trillium kurabayashi grows fine in clay in the shade in SE Michigan near Ann Arbor. > > Rimmer > SE MI > Zone 5 (winter 2015 was a zone 4 winter but 20” or more inches of persistent snow cover January to March) > >> On Jul 13, 2015, at 10:39 AM, Kathleen Sayce <ksayce@willapabay.org> wrote: >> >> How this species would do around the Great Lakes I can’t say, but if you live in a warm microclimate area, they might survive. > _______________________________________________ > 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/