Yep!


On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 21:54:19 -0500, "Jim and Phyllis Hurley"
wrote:

We are now in the 5th season with our hyacinths. All the indoor
wintering
efforts failed. Here in MS, the pond does not deeply freeze. We get
1/2"
of ice once of twice. Our water, obviously, gets to 32. Mostly,
however,
it is in the 30's or even 40's in the winter. We put a plastic sheet
over
the hyacinth before the first real freeze. We leave the leaves on.
In the
spring, the leaves are mostly dead from the cold, but the roots make
it as
do a few leaves. Once the temp is reliably into the 40's, we strip
off the
dead leaves and toss the mostly nude plant into the pond. They
explode with
growth and babies when it gets warmer. Moral: if the core of the
plant does
not freeze, it comes back.

Jim