----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com> To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 12:41 PM Subject: [pbs] Chasmanthe floribunda >A year or two ago I described the problems I was having with Chasmanthe > floribunda in my zone 7 garden. > Jim McKenney I tried these just once. They were available with the fall bulbs and I put them in in Sept. or Oct. and they started up right away. They froze out almost completely during the winter. I think one may have survived, but in any case it dies the next winter. As Len said, it's a winter grower in the northern hemisphere and in 7B, it doesn't make it, unless a very protected and warm situation can be had. Not sure if fall-purchased ones can be vernalized. Robert.