Jim Waddick asked,
OK, I'll ask my usual question...how hardy.
> This looks like a beautiful blue Anthericum. Can it be grown
>outdoors in a raised bed in Zone 5?
Judging by the various plants Jim has mentioned as not being hardy in his
area, and by my observation of even the higher-elevation forms of Pasithea
caerulea/coerulea in the wild, I would predict that it would not survive
outdoors there. I'm growing it in the bulb frame.
One thing that I noticed was that the plants I saw at higher elevations
appeared to be much more robust than those right down on the coast, so
Osmani's seeds from the higher forms should be valuable, no matter how
hardy they are. My feeling was that the climate where I saw them was
similar to the climate of mid elevations (say around 3000 feet) in southern
California.
Jane McGary
Northwestern Oregon, USA