Thank you all for the advice. This gives me some hope that they have still to wake up. Warm Regards and Thanks, Fred -----Original Message----- From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> On Behalf Of Michael Loos via pbs Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2021 1:50 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Cc: Michael Loos <loos14847@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [pbs] Gladiolus dalenii All the dalenii I grow appear to be hardy enough in Upstate NY, zone 6-ish... I lift most of the bulbs, just in case, but the ones I have allowed to stay planted have come back each year now for four years. They are, however, quite late in appearing. I don't expect to see them before mid-May/early June. Michael Interlaken, NY zone 6 (sort of) On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 1:25 PM Fred Biasella via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Hi Nick, > > I live in Cambridge (Boston) MA an the winter can and usually go down > to the teens to negative digits F in the winter. I haven't dug down > yet but I will very shortly to see if there's any sign or mush. Most > if not of my summer growing bulbs are actively up and out of the > ground. I'll keep an eye out for it just in case but have you ever lifted them for the winter? > > Warm Regards, > Fred > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> On Behalf Of > Nicholas Plummer via pbs > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2021 1:16 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Cc: Nicholas Plummer <nickplummer@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Gladiolus dalenii > > > > Hi Fred, > > How cold is cold, and how do you know they didn't survive? Did you > dig down, or are you inferring based on their failure to reappear this spring? > I'm in NC, and most of my G. dalenii, and the hybrids thereof, are > only now breaking the surface. In a colder climate, I'd expect them > still to be underground. Some clones are even later to break > dormancy. The 'Halloweenie' clone sold by Plant Delights doesn't > appear in my garden until sometime in summer and it flowers about > three months after the other plants--are your plants perhaps a late-emerging form? > > Nick > North Carolina, Zone 7 > https://clicktime.cloud.postoffice.net/clicktime.p… > weetgumandpines.wordpress.com%2F&E=fbiasella%40watertownsavings.com&X= > XID457ZDCRYL3450Xd3&T=WTSB&HV=U,E,X,T&H=0bfe2a3f908ed317c70d4b713582ae > 3af309512e > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 1:05 PM Fred Biasella via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > Hello Folks, > > > > Does anyone grow this pretty Glad in the colder states? I planted a > > potful in my garden but it didn't seem to survive the winter despite > > being planted in the warmest part of my garden and at the base of a > > sunnyish wall. I'm very tempted to try is again but I'm thinking of > > lifting it in the fall for dry storage in my basement. Has anyone > > else tried this and have they been successful? > > > > Thanks and Warm Regards, > > Fred > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > https://clicktime.cloud.postoffice.net/clicktime.p… > > Fclicktime.cloud.postoffice.net%2Fclicktime.php%3FU%3Dhttp%253A%252F > > %252Fli&E=fbiasella%40watertownsavings.com&X=XID457ZDCRYL3450Xd3&T=W > > TSB&HV=U,E,X,T&H=37d8f11838959e1cb17945cad151f0b34372c8e9 > > sts.pacificbulbsociety.net%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fpbs&E=fb > > ia > > sella%40watertownsavings.com&X=XID206ZDCRqZ5678Xd2&T=WTSB&HV=U,E,X,T > > &H > > =aecc2b25617492cc20a2301eaf8091ca71713523 > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://clicktime.cloud.postoffice.net/clicktime.p… > sts.pacificbulbsociety.net%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fpbs&E=fbia > sella%40watertownsavings.com&X=XID457ZDCRYL3450Xd3&T=WTSB&HV=U,E,X,T&H > =2f6495386ab2ab8034c0520321b0b48a2baf1e77 > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://clicktime.cloud.postoffice.net/clicktime.p… > sts.pacificbulbsociety.net%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fpbs&E=fbia > sella%40watertownsavings.com&X=XID457ZDCRYL3450Xd3&T=WTSB&HV=U,E,X,T&H > =2f6495386ab2ab8034c0520321b0b48a2baf1e77 > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>