Hi, Richard,
I garden in Clovis, not too far from Selma. Selma is a nice little town, by the
way, but is growing fast.
Amaryllis belladonna ("Naked Ladies") survive here with no care, at all.
Watsonias
Homerias
Crocosmias
Velthemia, in a protected spot
Lachenalias would not survive the winter in the ground, I fear. They haven't, even
in my fairly protected back yard. I have them in pots.
Sprekelia
Lycoris
Chasmanthe--can get invasive, though, as they really like our climate.
Hope this helps a bit.
Sue Haffner
----- Original Message -----
From: RichardPIV@aol.com
Date: Saturday, January 24, 2004 1:54 pm
Subject: [pbs] Bulbs for California's Central Valley
> Please recommend some bulbs/geophytes for beginners for
> California's
> Central Valley. These should be Meditterranean climate type
> bulbs which will
> receive no or little water during the summer and natural rainfall
> in the winter.
> Summer days are usually above 100 degrees, with summer nighttime
> lows in
> the 70-80s, and winters are cool and damp, 35-45 degrees, but
> rarely freezing.
>
> My daughter is buying a new home there in a tract development
> in Selma,
> near Fresno, California. The soil appears to be well drained and
> was
> probably an old Thompson seedless grape vineyard. I have many
> bulbs I can share
> with her but my Medit. climate is coastal northern California,
> with cool, wetter
> winters and cool dry summers, rarely above 80 degrees day, usually
> in 60s at
> night. I doubt if Lachenalias would be successful in Selma, but
> many Agapanthus
> are in the area.
>
> Richard
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