south african bulbs

Tony Avent tony@plantdelights.com
Thu, 19 Feb 2004 05:35:10 PST
Kevin:

	Sorry, I should have said wintergreen as they do go summer dormant.

At 08:18 AM 2/19/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Tony -
>Are they really evergreen? or do they go dormant in the summer? My 2-3 bulbs
>of this go dormant in the summer here in Florida.
>
>spring is here in St. Petersburg, FL
>Kevin Preuss
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Tony Avent" <tony@plantdelights.com>
>To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 7:19 AM
>Subject: Re: [pbs] south african bulbs
>
>
>> Arnold:
>>
>> The leaves on the Boophane haemanthoides went limp in very cold temps, but
>> returned to normal when the temps rose above freezing.
>>
>> At 06:49 PM 2/18/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>> >TONY;
>> >
>> >Did the foliage die back or remain green and go flaccid from the cold.
>> >My boophone disticha lose their leaves and shrivel a bit ( indoors of
>> >course).  I give a sprinkle around the edge of the pot and that seems
>> >to  help them through our unbearable winter.
>> >
>> >Any pictures , please.
>> >
>> >Arnold
>> >New Jersey
>> >
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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
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website  http://www.plantdel.com/
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