Are you sure it is pancratium do you have a picture Roland bulborum@gmail.com 2010/3/8 patty allen <prallen2@peoplepc.com> > I have been growing some Pancratium maritimum in a five gallon pot . > I am ashamed to say I haven't taken really good care of them. Purchased 21 > and I counted 18 when I went out side a few minutes ago to see if they had > survived our 17 degree weather this past winter (yeah, I know, it's not over > yet!!) > But they have bloomed for me ever since I planted them,which I believe was > 3 years ago, even with the neglect I gave them. They are growing in > ordinary garden soil that you can purchase at a "dirt yard" and they weren't > protected against the 17 degree weather except for the fallen oak leaves > that fell in the nursery pot they reside in. > I'm on the edge of zone 8b/9a, so I've a different set of circumstances > down that you guys who live farther north. > Patty > Humble,Tx. > -----Original Message----- > >From: Adam Fikso <adam14113@ameritech.net> > >Sent: Mar 8, 2010 2:45 PM > >To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > >Subject: [pbs] Pancratium maritimum > > > >Hello all. I know that this may be currently off topic but does anyone on > >this list grow Pancratium maritimum?. I can get seed from Malta, > >apparently, but would like to avoid the importation hassle. Reply off > line? > >unless this is regarded as an interesting enough topic. Thanks, Adam in > >Glenview, IL USDA 5a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pbs mailing list > >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > ________________________________________ > PeoplePC Online > A better way to Internet > http://www.peoplepc.com/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >