Hi Jan, Amaryllis belladonna grows well in my garden in Niagara with a good layer of mulch for winter protection. Good drainage is another big factor in hardiness. Laura Niagara on the Lake probably Zone 7 On Sun, Sep 5, 2021 at 3:21 PM Jan Jeddeloh via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > So i scored a couple of Amarylis belladonna bulbs in the latests BX. Do I > have a snowball’s chance of hell growing them in the ground in Portland, > Oregon? I read the wiki information on them and some say to plant at neck > level and some say to plant deeper. My inclination is to plant deeper > since that would provide a bit of frost protection. I do have a frost free > greenhouse but what I read says they don’t bloom as well in pots. I can > give them good drainage in the garden. > > Jan Jeddeloh, Portland, Oregon zone 8 > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: DSC01907.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 152396 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>