Pancratium maritimum

patty allen prallen2@peoplepc.com
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:30:54 PST
Adam,
Annalee posted a website of plants from Malta and it has a photo that looks exactly like the plants I am growing. 

-----Original Message-----
>From: Adam Fikso <adam14113@ameritech.net>
>Sent: Mar 8, 2010 6:08 PM
>To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: Re: [pbs] Pancratium maritimum
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>Patty?  The hardiness is indicated  as to -5° C from a researcher on Malta 
>and as 20° F from a grower inhe U.S.
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "patty allen" <prallen2@peoplepc.com>
>To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 3:49 PM
>Subject: Re: [pbs] Pancratium maritimum
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>>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
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>>>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
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