----- Original Message ----- From: "Boyce Tankersley" <btankers@chicagobotanic.org> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Scilla peruviana > The tops of my bulbs were planted about 3" down, butted right up against > the wall. Hard to say how dry they were last fall, however this is the > driest side of the house. Any water following the path down the wall > gets dumped into the gravel lines leading to the basement sump pump. > > Boyce Tankersley > Director of Living Plant Documentation > Chicago Botanic Garden > 1000 Lake Cook Road > Glencoe, IL 60022 > tel: 847-835-6841 > fax: 847-835-1635 > email: btankers@chicagobotanic.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org > [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Adam Fikso > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 12:59 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] Scilla peruviana > > Boyce? When you say, "lining the edge of the basement wall" --How > close > is tht in inches. And did they go into the winter dry? How deep? > > Mine were down about 6" and at 24" from the wall. Too far out, I > think, > but OK for the Eucomis, Crinums, small Zantedeschias, and gladioli. > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/