Silverhill has several species, but only Wachendorfia thyrsiflora grows in swampy conditions year round. I have grown W. paniculata in the past. It and the rest of the Wachendorfia are winter growers, blooming in spring and then go dormant for the summer. On Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 1:38 PM Johannes-Ulrich Urban via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Hello Nan, > > I have once managed to grow Wachendorfia from seed which I got from a > source which no longer exists, unfortunately. > The seed germinated beautifully and the plants grew nicely after an autumn > sowing but I lost one after the other during summer. I never understood why > I lost them. > > I can tell they are swamp plants so the amount of rain you have will not > be enough to grow them in the open garden without irrigation. I think they > grow wet year round and do not have a dry dormancy like for example > Zantedeschia aethiopica. > > Unfortunately I am not able to tell you a source of seed. > > Bye for now > > Uli > > > > I just watched a presentation of a GORGEOUS garden in South Africa with > many glorious Wachendorfia - I don't know which species but it made me > curious about testing it in my Southern California garden. Can anyone tell > me if there are Wachendorfia that will tolerate just 9 or 10" of rainfall > in a year? And does anyone know a source in California - Southern > California preferably. > > Thank you > > Nan Sterman > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > -- _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…