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Re: Bulbine fruticosa

Tough as nails, that's how I think of Bulbine.  I live in USDA 10b/ll
(Sunset 24), and here, bulbine is bulletproof.  It blooms in shade or sun,
it seems never to need to be waters and blooms nearly year round.  We did
have a few nights of frost last winter and several things around my bulbine
suffered or died, but it continued as if nothing happened.  Basically, I
don't see how you could go wrong with it.  By the way, my bulbine came from
a friend of a friend who was dividing hers and left it sit outside uprooted
for a week or so before I got it.  It never even gave a hint of wilting in
all that time.

Have fun with it!  By the way, did you get a yellow flowering bulbine or
one of the newer dwarf species that has orange flowers?

Nan

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Nan Sterman, Master Composter in Residency
Olivenhain, California
Sunset Zone 24, USDA Zone 10b or 11
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         If you want to be happy for a week-end get married;
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         If you want to be happy all your life long become a gardener
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