Hello Peter, thank you very much for this detailed information on frost hardiness of Albuca shawii and Ledebouria cooperi. Do you have similar observations in other species? By the way Baker was very unfortunate in his taxonomic instinct concerning this Albuca species: he described it under six species names which he placed in all his three subgenera of Albuca. The oldest and thus correct name is Albuca tenuifolia, one year older than A. shawii, see the following linkfile: [url=http://linkfile.de/download-5fc31084408a07f4170a41… U.M-D.2012-Albuca4The enigma of Albuca tenuifolia BAKER resolved.pdf[/url] Dietrich Am 27.06.2012 23:04, schrieb Peter Taggart: > Albuca shawii is cold hardy for me to about minus 12 or 15 degrees > centigrade, kept dryish. Ledebouria cooperi is also hardy to this > temperature but I lost both at around minus 18 C two winters ago. (since > replaced) > Peter (UK) > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 8:50 PM, <pelarg@aol.com> wrote: > ..but I have had A. shawii outside for many years without protection,... > they have surely been frozen many times before. Last year I also set out > some Ledebouria cooperi, they came thru last winter (admittedly a very mild > one) beautifully. > >> Ernie >> Tuckahoe NY Z6/7 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ellen Hornig <hornig@oswego.edu> >> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >> Sent: Wed, Jun 27, 2012 2:39 pm >> Subject: [pbs] Albuca humlis >> >> >> Is anyone out there growing Albuca humilis in the north in an unprotected >> garden? I was surprised to find that several pots that I took with me when >> I moved from NY to MA overwintered outside above the ground (covered with >> oak leaves). The pots did freeze solid - this I know - and yet the bulbs >> are fine, and have sent up foliage and, in some cases, flowers. These are >> from seed collected at Naude's Nek (high altitude), where I'm sure they >> also freeze, but of course there's more to hardiness than just cold >> tolerance. These seem like really sturdy little guys - and they're >> good-looking, too. Anyone? >> >> Ellen >> >> -- >> Ellen Hornig >> 212 Grafton St >> Shrewsbury MA 01545 >> 508-925-5147 >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >