Bill, That is fascinating. I have been amazed by the variety of tropical and subtropical bulbs that are hardy in NC, but I never would have expected Eithea and Griffinia to survive. Are you in the mountains, piedmont, or coastal plain? Nick > On Jun 10, 2020, at 6:37 PM, William Hoffmann via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > I am sharing a couple of photos of plants that have done surprisingly well > in my garden in zone 7b of North Carolina. Last spring I posted that I was > surprised to find Eithea bluminavia had survived winter in my shade garden. > I have since planted them in several locations and they all survived a > second winter. I have attached a photo showing my largest clump in peak > bloom. BTW, it never bloomed so well for me in pots. > > The other is Giffinia espiritensis. Last summer I planted it in three > locations, and it has returned this spring in all three. This was a mild > winter, but I am hopeful it can generally handle our winters, as long as > the soil doesn't freeze. Both of these species offset prolifically and > should be tried more widely in the southeast. > > I also planted Griffinia liboniana in the garden last summer, but so far > it shows no sign of returning. > > -Bill > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: Griffinia.JPG > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 446434 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: Eithea.JPG > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 406980 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…