I lived in Modesto for 18 years and there I had all kinds of heat problems with things in pots and it took me a while before I realized that. Even hardy cactus suffered. I now live in Santa Barbara and it hardly ever gets above 90 maybe twice a year and then only for a few days. I generally water the pots the day before the anticipated heat then right afterward. I also grouped the pots so only the most hardy had the pot sides exposed. Last year I made a raised bed and stuck most of my potted bulbs there and they are so much happier. The Lobelia is volunteer and we have clumps all over our garden which provide a bright splash of color although I do have to be diligent about weeding them out in certain areas. As you can see my Brunsvigia bosmaniae are going dormant the B. Josephinae will be next Last year I had my large B. Josephinae which is in the ground in another place flowered and I pollinated it and got about 20 seed which I shared with my local friends but I hope to be sharing next year's crop with Society members long with whatever else I can succeed in pollinating. We do live in interesting times. I hope all of you stay well. Jim Foster -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Bulb Garden.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 228189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: b josephinae.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 705057 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
