Hi Jim- Not related to hardiness directly (although I swear there must be a link between drought resistance and hardiness for some plants) but some of your crosses of bulbispermum with roseum, macowanii, and others have done superbly in Zone 10/11 for the past 9 years, surviving extreme heat and drought while blooming reliably. Curiously, F2s of the bulbispermum x roseum have been weak growers. I look forward to trying the variabile x bulbispermum when available. Regards, Phil > Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 18:15:07 -0400 > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > From: jshields@indy.net > Subject: Re: [pbs] Crinum Season and hardiness... again > > Ask Tony Avent -- he has the good ones. I sent most of the seeds from that > cross to Tony. I'm completely out of the business! > > Jim Shields > > > At 04:27 PM 7/5/2013 -0500, you wrote: > >Dear Jim S. and all, > > > > >...... > > > > > The best for hardy outdoors crinums in my > > > climate are the hybrid, Crinum [variabile x bulbispermum]. > > > > When will these hit the garden centers? ... > > commerce? Thanks Jim W. > > ************************************************* > Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 > P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA > Lat. 40° 02.8' N, Long. 086° 06.6' W > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/