Della, I didn't mean planting L. monadelphum/szovitsianum should necessarily be started
outside (although not a bad idea). Only that I think planting directly into a medium that it will grow in for successive years is better than starting in a baggy. Myself, I still plant my hypogeal germinating seed in the fall in pots inside the house so I can get a year jump on growth.
Calin, most of that information I listed was not from me, but from others. I am a serious hoarder of information and data, and I gather it up where ever I find it. Take a look at what it says under my avatar here:
http://nargs.org/smf/index.php...
And you will never be sorry if you take the time to record various data about your own planting/experimenting. One of the simplest and easiest things you can do is
date everything!
L. formosanum is correct.
L. philippinense is the correct spelling. They have been hardy outside for me in USDA zone 4. They should be fine for you in the ground, or in a pot sunk into the ground for the winter.
Don't feel too bad if L. canadense does not emerge next spring. Treat them normally, and they will probably come up in 2014. L. canadense seedlings have been a little fickle for me, probably because of my less than stellar care, and they have skipped a year of growth while the bulbs below the surface were still healthy.
You do have a lot going on!
Regarding your English, Calin, besides the natural flow of your sentence structure, I am really impressed by your knowledge of our slang and idioms. So if your profession took you to those places long ago, are you as young as your avatar leads us to believe? (When you placed it on the forum a few days ago, I thought: the women here will be swooning...
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