Dracunculus vulgaris has been hardy, here in western New jersey. I know when it flowers - fortunately at the bottom of the driveway far from the house - because I think, "Oh, there must be a dead and rotting groundhog. No, it's the Dracunculus." Neighborhood dogs ignore it. And I've never seen the black vultures circling over it. Sauromatum has also turned out to be quite hardy. And multiplying enthusiastically too. They are emerging now, flowering, popular with flies crawling over the spadix. No stench, not like the Dracunculus. Judy, happy to report we've finally had rain this evening, a delightful 4/10th of an inch. And very welcome too. On 5/26/2021 11:16 PM, Steve Marak via pbs wrote: > I suspect it was wet + cold that killed the bulbifer I had outdoors, > so I think your idea is good. Conveniently, bulbifer produces those > propagules on the leaf so I had a couple of small ones to keep in the > greenhouse as backup. > > I know there's considerable variation in hardiness of different > strains of Dracunculus vulgaris, but so far every strain of Amorph. > konjac I've tried has been hardy here, in almost all locations and > soils short of waterlogged. They'll survive in strong sun, but seem to > be much happier here in half shade or even more. > > Steve -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>