Hi Nan, I bought my Wachendorfia from Annie’s Annuals in Richmond several years ago. I have donated seed of Wachendorfia thyrsiflora to PBS in the past, and have some seed now if you’d like some — send me your address I’ll post you a few. It’s very easy to raise from seed. The trick to growing this species successfully is to make sure it always has wet feet. We get a lot more rain here in Portland than you do, but summers are dry, so I have my plants growing in a bed that has one of those inexpensive plastic wading pools completely buried in it to hold a good water supply. I direct water from a downspout into the pool, which is filled with gritty rock and gravels. I might add a bit of water in the summer. You may not even have gutters or downspouts on your home, and water is precious where you are, but a buried pool will be very water-wise, and will allow you to grow this species, and other water-loving geophytes such as Hesperantha (Schizostylis) coccinea. Charles Charles Powne iyou@me.com https://map.what3words.com/extend.storm.palace USDA zone 8b > On Mar 9, 2023, at 4:00 AM, pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net wrote: > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 10:07:54 -0800 > From: nsterman@waterwisegardener.com <mailto:nsterman@waterwisegardener.com> > To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net <mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: [pbs] Wachendorfia in California? > Message-ID: > <0D7026F6-E4E8-4800-8BE2-F9587037D414@waterwisegardener.com <mailto:0D7026F6-E4E8-4800-8BE2-F9587037D414@waterwisegardener.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I just watched a presentation of a GORGEOUS garden in South Africa with many glorious Wachendorfia - I don't know which species but it made me curious about testing it in my Southern California garden. Can anyone tell me if there are Wachendorfia that will tolerate just 9 or 10" of rainfall in a year? And does anyone know a source in California - Southern California preferably. > > Thank you > > Nan Sterman _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…