Re: glads or crocosmias

NW Flower & Garden Show In Seattle starts 2/9. Somebody there always has
Tuberose & plumeria. If you can't find any other, I can ask my buddy to look
for one? Let me know ASAP.
Judy B
----- Original Message -----
From: <kmrsy@comcast.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] glads or crocosmias


> Sure! - but only if they have something cheap. There's always the chance
> they'll get too cold on the way up here and be damaged. The guy sending
> the curucma rhizomes is insulating them well and sending them to the CES
> office so they won't sit outside. I'd love to find a Eucomis or a
> Tuberose. I have Rhodohypoxis on order from bulbmeister.com, but it
> won't arrive until April.
>
>
> I will check the stores again the day before the presentation to see if
> anyone got an early shipment. I remember one year, Lowe's got a shipment
> of dormant daylilies, 12 to a bag, in late January. No one bought them
> and they sprouted, not just from being inside but from the heat of each
> other in the piles. They were actually composting. I reached into the
> pile and ow! it was Hot!
>
>
> Let me know what you find.  However, I am daunted by the very thought of
trying to find something to trade you. ;+)
>
> --
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone5
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
>
> > Want me to look at HD next weekend and see what they've got? Bulbs and
> > such are usually available about now.
> >
> >
> > On Tuesday, February 1, 2005, at 11:28 AM, kmrsy@comcast.net wrote:
> >
> > > I'm giving that presentation on summer geophytes at the end of the
> > > month
> > > and am having trouble getting examples in time. I've got some ginger
> > > rhizomes, lily bulbs, Begonia and Dahlia tubers, a Colocasia (tuber or
> > > corm? - I've read they are tubers that form corms). But I'd like to
> > > show
> > > Gladiolus and/or Crocosmia corms, too. I've found some on eBay, but
the
> > > pricing with shipping and quantities offered just don't work for me.
> > > These items will not be available in local stores or delivered by
> > > mailorder sources in time for my presentation.
> > >
> > >
> > > Does anyone (especially those southerners among you) on this list have
> > > a
> > > corm or two they could spare this month? In FL, Tx and southern CA you
> > > may even be getting ready to plant them soon since you're so much
> > > warmer
> > > down there. I'm sure I can come up with something I could trade that
> > > you'd like.
> > >
> > >
> > > Also looking for a Eucomis bulb if possible.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kitty
> > > neIN, Zone5
> > >
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> > Island Jim
> > Southwest Florida
> > 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> > Zone 10a
> > Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> > Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> >
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