This pot saw 9 deg f. For several nights in a row and temps around 20 f. For about a week last winter. In an unheated, mostly open ended greenhouse, in Oregon's Willamette valley. The picture was taken today, but it has been blooming for about a week. Soil is 50/50 pumice and composted cow manure. Hope this is helpful. On Aug 8, 2014 12:31 AM, "Mark BROWN" <brown.mark@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > I grew the white amaryllis belladonna, which I was told is really a > hybrid, in pots for years here. It grew and flowered beautifully. > It was kept just frost free in a cold greenhouse for years. Outside all > the rest of the time. I never kept it especially dry in summer or at any > other time. I fed and repotted it as any other bulb. > I lost it as soon as I planted it out... > Mark > > > > > > > Message du 08/08/14 02:51 > > De : "Brad King" > > > A : "'Pacific Bulb Society'" > > > Copie à : > > Objet : Re: [pbs] Amaryllis belladonna in pots > > > > Hi Uli, Thanks for the info. It's very interesting to hear your > > experiences. I'll keep a look out for N. Bowdenii. One interesting thing > > about this hobby is finding a bulb (plant) that excites you and normally > > does not grow in your part of the world and trying to manipulate an > > environment to get it to grow and flourish. Sometimes we are rewarded > with > > great plants and blooms and other times.....well..... it's an experience. > > Still waiting for the A. Belladonna to even emerge. Brad. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of > > Johannes-Ulrich Urban > > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 12:51 PM > > To: Pacifib Bulb Society messages > > Subject: [pbs] Amaryllis belladonna in pots > > > > Hello Brad, > > > > You live in an even colder climate than I do. Here we are zone 6-7 in > > northern Germany and we have to be prepared for minus 20°C in winter for > > many days in a row. Thak kind of frost penetrates deep into the soil > > although that does not happen every winter. So any winter growing bulb > has > > be be grown under glass, protected from frost but with good light. > > I do love Amaryllis belladonna, every time I see them in flower.... I > want > > them. I have tried so many times, in pots, in the garden with good > > protection, in the open ground in the greenhouse.... nothing really > worked. > > I had a few blooms from the bulbs planted in the open soil inside the > > greenhouse which is kept frost free. But even that was disappointing > because > > I had a big bunch of leaves at a time of the year where space is at a > > premium under glass and very littel rewards flowerwise to justify the > space > > taken. > > So... honestly..... I gave up on that bulb. I do not want to discourage > > you... but there are so many plants that can be grown under one's given > > condition, why bother with one that will not perform? With me A. > > belladonna has never flowererd in a pot and it is said that the bulbs do > not > > like to be disturbed, they need one or two years to settle in after > > transplanting and will not flower until they are established, in a > suitable > > climate that is. > > > > What I recommend as a suitable substitute are the hardiest forms of > Nerine > > bowdenii. (Not N. sarniensis!) N. bowdenii var wellsii is considered > quite > > hardy. I have donated seeds to the BX of a particularly hardy form that > has > > even survived outside one of the worst winters we had those last years. > But > > I give it overhead protection with a thick mulch and a cover against > winter > > wet at the base of a south facing wall. N. bowdenii is entirely summer > > growing but autumn blooming when the leaves die down. The flowers are > > different from A. belladomma of course, but they are THERE, many of them. > > Looks great with silver Artemisia and blue Ceratostigma. Ontario should > have > > a thick snow cover that is an excellent insulation. I remember Ellen > Hornig > > talking about her former nursery in New York state, she could grow things > > outside that I can only dream of, because of her immense and very > reliable > > snow cover. > > > > Hope that helps..... > > > > > > Uli > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/