Thanks. This was in half-day sun. ----- Original Message ----- From: <pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 11:00 AM Subject: pbs Digest, Vol 55, Issue 7 > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.ibiblio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/> > > Today's Topics: > > 1. lycoris sanguinea (Adam Fikso) > 2. Re: lycoris sanguinea (Kelly Irvin) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:36:31 -0500 > From: "Adam Fikso" <adam14113@ameritech.net> > Subject: [pbs] lycoris sanguinea > To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <003d01c7d83f$910c7340$5ad8fea9@FAMILY> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; > reply-type=original > > L. sanguinea has come and gone. I did not recognize it when it came up, > not > having seen it before. I don't think anybody grows it here in the Chicago > area, except maybe at the botanic garden. Boyce?. Not the big trick will > be to see if it continues. It had no mulch last year, so will do exactly > the same thing this year. > > The Wiki confirmed my best guess as to its identity. The color, > conformation and shorter anthers nail it down. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:55:31 -0500 > From: Kelly Irvin <kelly@irvincentral.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] lycoris sanguinea > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <46B74473.2060501@irvincentral.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Adam: > > This is not a definitive suggestion, but a speculation. My L. sanguinea > have always been in full sun. I'm not so sure this is good. They are > much shallower rooted than other Lycoris, having very small foliage, and > the flower shows "burn" damage by noon of the first day it is open. If I > had my way about it, I would give it 60% shade all the time, or > deciduous shade that was fully shaded by 10 AM during the summer. I > mulch mine here in zone 6. > > Mr. Kelly M. Irvin > 10850 Hodge Ln > Gravette, AR 72736 > USA > 479-787-9958 > USDA Cold Hardiness Zone 6a/b > > mailto:kelly@irvincentral.com > http://www.irvincentral.com/ > > > > Adam Fikso wrote: >> L. sanguinea has come and gone. I did not recognize it when it came up, >> not >> having seen it before. I don't think anybody grows it here in the >> Chicago >> area, except maybe at the botanic garden. Boyce?. Not the big trick >> will >> be to see if it continues. It had no mulch last year, so will do exactly >> the same thing this year. >> >> The Wiki confirmed my best guess as to its identity. The color, >> conformation and shorter anthers nail it down. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> >> > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 55, Issue 7 > **********************************