I used to grow this near Monterey Bay in California. Drainage where I had it was very good and it did very well over winter. I do not know how it would have done in a heavier soil however. Randy Seattle, WA On Fri, Nov 1, 2019, 6:08 AM Johannes-Ulrich Urban < johannes-ulrich-urban@t-online.de> wrote: > Dear All, > > My Merwillea natalensis, formerly Scilla, is now in the open garden in a > well drained place with summer irrigation. It looks much much happier there > than before in a pot. As winter rain has set in, I wonder if I can leave it > unprotected during its winter dormancy. If I remember rightly, there are > large clumps of it in the Berkeley Botanical Garden also in the open > ground. Do they put some kind of rain protection over the bed of South > African summer growing bulbs? Can those of you who garden in the same kind > of Mediterranean climate like me advise me how to handle this bulb in > winter? So far it does not show any signs of wanting to go dormant but I do > not want to lose it to winter rain. > > Thank you very much in advance, > > Uli > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…