Kniphofia ensifolia has done well for me for a number of years, blooming dependably; K. hirsute is new but looking dependable; my best is the fall-blooming K. galpinii. Jim Jones -----Original Message----- From: Ellen Hornig <hornig@oswego.edu> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Mon, Mar 3, 2014 9:07 am Subject: Re: [pbs] Kniphofia hardiness I had large clumps of K. hirsuta in Oswego NY (USDA zone 5b, to 0 to -10F in most of the years I grew it, but with persistent snow cover of several inches to a foot or two) and it never wavered. It multiplied vigorously and bloomed well. Soils were clayey loams. Other dependable performers were K. northiae, K.caulescens, and K. uvaria from the eastern Cape. But then, several eucomis were also hardy. In some ways, that was a great climate. Now I'm checking out central Massachusetts, where this year it seems alarmingly like Oswego. March 3 and we still have more than a foot of snow on the ground. Ellen On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 8:22 AM, <arnold140@verizon.net> wrote: > Chris: > > I have Kniphofia northiae here for ten years. Has increased and sent up > two offsets. Kniphofia hirsuta had lasted about three years and then > dwindled. Most likely due to it's location rather than temperatures. The > K. northiae hasn't flowered every year but puts on a good dramatic leaf > show. > > Arnold > New Jersey > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- Ellen Hornig 212 Grafton St Shrewsbury MA 01545