Hi Fred and Joe, I grow Amarine, Nerine and A. Belladonna outside in my garden, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario. A. Belladonna and N. Bowdenii are completely dormant during the winter months, without protection. They start to grow leaves in the spring and belladonna blooms in late summer once the leaves die down. The Nerine blooms from October and as late as November. Most of the bloom with the leaves still green. Amarine are still growing under winter protection and in the spring, when I take the cover off, I find the leaves have started to grow. They bloom in late fall. I do not have enough of these bulbs to try to grow them without protection. For my money, A. Belladonna are the best. The variety of colors and lovely fragrance make it my favorite. Laura On Sat, Jan 25, 2025, 11:14 AM Fred Biasella via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Hi Joe, > > Mine never went fully dormant but I live in the Boston area and just kept > them cool and dry for the winter along with my clivia. If the leaves start > looking ratty and just cut them off and bring them out in the spring to > resume watering and fertilizing. The only thing I will say is that they > like to flower very late in the season, probably from the Nerine influence > and get nipped by the cold. The ones I had, before the #$@%&?! mealy bugs > destroyed them were A. belladonna x N. bowdenii but since them I started a > new batch from seed of A. belladonna x N. kregei in the hopes that they'll > bloom before I die because they're so slow growing. I hope this helps. > > Thanks, > Fred Biasella > Frigid Boston USDA Zone...Arctic 6b > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> On Behalf Of Joe > Durando via pbs > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2025 6:32 PM > To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > Cc: Joe Durando <joephfarm@gmail.com> > Subject: [pbs] Amarine dormancy > > > > I cannot seem to find info on if these hybrids are summer dormant or > winter dormant. And since the Amaryllis is summer dormant and the Nerine is > winter dormant I have no best guess. And since I'm in warm temperate north > Florida I need to force the issue with many bulbs. > Joe Durando > Alachua, Florida > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://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 > https://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 https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…