My Rain Lilies Grow in Pots
Judy Glattstein (Mon, 25 Jun 2018 05:36:21 PDT)

To clarify - Habranthus robustus, along with Zephyranthes candida,
Habranthus martinez, Rhodophiala bifida, Freesia alba and cultivars,
Hippeastrum, Crinum (they are getting very large), xAmarcrinum, are all
grown in pots. Summer dormant (freesia and rhodophiala) remain in the
greenhouse. The others all have a summer vacation outdoors. Hippeastrum
spend winter dormant in the basement. Everything else must be shoehorned
into the greenhouse which becomes more and more crowded year by year.

Musa basjoo does live outdoors year round, up against the house
foundation. Cut back for winter and heaped with dry oak leaves and given
a plywood roof. Puzzles my neighbors down the road who crop soy beans,
hay, wheat and oats. Has made bananas a time or two. I do use the leaves
to wrap conchinita pibil made in the slow cooker, or packets of shrimp
or chicken grilled in the toaster oven.

Judy in New Jersey where this year the ticks are as much of an issue as
the weeds
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