Re: [SG] Clarification

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• Subject: Re: [SG] Clarification
• From: T* B* F* <b*@MIDUSA.NET>
• Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 08:31:00 -0500
• References: <Pine.HPP.3.96.980621080957.19223B-100000@hamlet.ucs.indiana.edu>

Roberta Diehl wrote:
>
> Dear Boese Family:
>
> Since you live in zone 5 or 6 (with 10-below winters), I presume you are
> talking about Lycoris squamigera, which IS a member of the Amaryllis
> family and puts up pink flowers in Sept on bare green stems after the
> leaves have died back. Wyman's Encyclopedia gives its common name as
> Autumn Amaryllis, but I have also heard them called Resurrection Lilies,
> Surprise Lilies, and Naked Ladies. They are a common passalong plant
> because they are very prolific and easy to grow and nothing seems to
> bother them.
>
> Kathleen, if you are still with us, pls correct me if I'm wrong, but when
> you said you had overwintered an amaryllis in zone 5 I figured you meant
> one of the big (usually red) hippeastrums that are very tender and can be
> forced to bloom indoors around Winter Solstice time. Please confirm! My
> hunch is that you planted it in the spring of 97, and the winter of 97 in
> our area was unusually mild (thanks to El Nino), so the bulb survived in
> the ground. We normally get at least 10 below, sometimes 20 below; this
> past winter we only got to about l1 above. The USDA bases zones on the
> minimum winter temps (averaged of course). 10 degrees above would put us
> in zone 7, I think. It will probably never happen again!
>
> And when the rest of you in zone 5 said you would love to be able to grow
> Amaryllis outdoors through the winters, I was assuming you also meant
> Hippeastrum. If you do mean Lycoris squamigera, you should be able to find
> a source nearby; gardeners who have it are usually delighted to share with
> others.

NO NO NO These are not Lycoris Squamigera.  These are quite large.  They
stand
close to 4 feet at maturity.  Leaves are at least 4 times
larger...widith and
length of the Squamigera.  These have flowers like a regular Amaryllis
only the
"trumpets" are somewhat smaller.  Outdoors these bloom May-June and then
again
sometimes in the fall.

Barb

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