Theresa: I don't think the tigridias are going to grow well in light shade. I would try full sun for at least half a day. At 09:15 PM 9/16/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >Last Spring, I planted several tigrida that I got either from Yucca Du >or Plant Delights. I put them at the sloping base of a liveoak tree in >rich loamy soil where they got bright filtered light all day. They were >deeply soaked every 5-7 days. Two of the three plants put up some very >scraggly sparse foliage and the other did nothing. There was never even >the hint of a blossom. > >I was afraid that full sun in our very harsh summers would be too much >for them. What did I do wrong? Do they need to be kept very moist? >Companion plants were Cypella Herbertii and several oxallis and they all >bloomed all season. Nearby, in the same bed, iris japonica are thick >and thrive. > >Theresa Massey > >Austin TX, Zone 8B, 20-110F, approx 30" annual rainfall (long droughts >punctuated by flash floods) > > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdel.com/ phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent