>From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net> >Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Subject: [pbs] Hymenocallis over winter >Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 19:15:07 -0500 > >Joe and all, > >Thad Howard grew all sorts of Hymenocallis outdoors in the ground near San >Antonio for years. His interests were mainly the Mexican species, several >of which he discovered and named himself. > >Now if we can find a few Aloe and Agave that are hardy enough to grow >outdoors here in Indiana, I'll be very interested. As I've mentioned often >before, I have a plant of Hymenocallis liriosme which Thad sent me that has >survived one winter outdoors in the ground here in Indiana, in a very >protected spot outside the south end of one of my greenhouses. I did mulch >it well, and will need to mulch it again soon. I want eventually to try >some more accessions of H. liriosme in the ground here, when the stock has >increased more. > >Does anyone else have observations on hardiness of Hymenocallis outdoors in >the ground year-round? > >Regards, >Jim Shields >in central Indiana (USA) > >************************************************* >Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. >P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ >Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA >Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA > > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php