Question: I live in southern California which has a typical mediterranean type climate (cool, rainy winters, rarely freezing temperatures; dry rainless warm-to-hot summers) similar to Israel. So both Pancratium maritimum and Urginea maritima should both grow here without much trouble. My question is the one about growing them in pots. I think Uli said Pancratium won’t grow in pots although Shmuel suggests tubs. I’ve tried growing them in large (5 gallon/30 cm diameter) pots in a sandy well-draining soil and they seem to hate it, never really thriving, never increasing, and never blooming. (Unlike other Pancratium (canariense, illyricum, zeylanicum) which thrive and multiply for me in pots, although rarely flower.) On the other hand, I grow Urginea maritima in large (5 gal/30 cm dia., 7 gal/35 cm dia., 15 gal/43 cm dia.) pots, and despite having huge bulbs, they thrive, multiply in any size container, and flower every year. Usually they end up bursting any pot I’ve grown them in. Since both grow in similar oceanside areas and climates, why the difference in behavior when grown in pots? --Lee Poulsen Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a Latitude 34°N, Altitude 1150 ft/350 m > On Jan 12, 2019, at 11:26 PM, Shmuel Silinsky <gardenbetter@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Andrew and Uli. _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…