Dennis: We are growing the Yucca Do Mexican strain of Tigridia pavonia, which are still in full flower after our 3rd straight week of 100+ degree F. temperatures. I sure wish they had sold better when we offered them for sale. The Dutch strain are a bad joke in hot climates. Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdelights.com/ phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent Dennis Szeszko wrote: > In my experience, Tigrida pavonia is not used to temperatures over 95 > degrees. The plants originate from temperate forests at roughly 1500-2500 > meters above sea level in Mexico. I think that SOME wild-collected strains > could be more temperature tolerant, but the Dutch varieties that are sold in > stores have been selected to grow in Holland and are not used to high > temperatures. > > I have a large clump of Tigrida pavonia growing in a tub from seed that I > collected about three years ago. These plants are surprisingly quick when > grown from seed and will flower in two years. There are numerous color > forms that exist and I have photographed at least 4 different color > variations just from what came up in my pots. A friend of mine has been > selecting offspring for very pale colors and he is getting close to > achieving his goal of a white flower with reddish spots. I will post the > pics to the Wiki at some point. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >