Hi Nick,

I live in Cambridge (Boston) MA an the winter can and usually go down to
the teens to negative digits F in the winter. I haven't dug down yet but I
will very shortly to see if there's any sign or mush. Most if not of my
summer growing bulbs are actively up and out of the ground. I'll keep an
eye out for it just in case but have you ever lifted them for the winter?

Warm Regards,
Fred

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Subject: Re: [pbs] Gladiolus dalenii

Hi Fred,

How cold is cold, and how do you know they didn't survive? Did you dig
down, or are you inferring based on their failure to reappear this spring?
I'm in NC, and most of my G. dalenii, and the hybrids thereof, are only
now breaking the surface. In a colder climate, I'd expect them still to be
underground. Some clones are even later to break dormancy. The
'Halloweenie' clone sold by Plant Delights doesn't appear in my garden
until sometime in summer and it flowers about three months after the other
plants--are your plants perhaps a late-emerging form?

Nick
North Carolina, Zone 7
https://sweetgumandpines.wordpress.com/

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