Re: glads or crocosmias

Thanks Sheri,
re >  think I have three bulbs
what kinds?
re > Try the Home and Garden
the H&G show is what I need them for.

I think I have things pretty well covered. Yours was the only mention of a
Eucomis, but those are expensive and not the kind of thing you'd have a lot
of, so I think I can get by without it.  Thanks, though.

Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sheri Ann Richerson" <SheriAnnRicherson@exoticgardening.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 6:15 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] glads or crocosmias


> Kitty,
>
> Hi, I have been swamped. I think I have three bulbs. Try the Home and
Garden
> Show too that is where mine came from.
>
> Sheri
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf
> Of kmrsy@comcast.net
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 5:59 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] glads or crocosmias
>
> Sheri,
> I am looking for dormant bulbs so I can show the listeners the
> differences. I don't expect anything growing - or even in a pot for that
> matter. Just plain resting bulbs. But I don't want anyone's valuable
> bulbs, that's whay I mainly asked about glads and crocosmia - nice
> corms, but generally inexpensive. Sparaxis or Tigridia would be fine
> too. The Eucomis was a wish, I don't expect you to part with it. If you
> do have extras, maybe I could buy one.
>
> I'll check with Rebecca at the Botanical Conservancy and see if she has
> anything on hand.
>
> --
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone5
>
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
>
> > Kitty,
> >
> > Hi, I have tuberose and Eucomis but they are dormant now. I also have
glad
>
> > bulbs and somewhere I am pretty sure I have crocosmia but again they are
> all
> > dormant.
> >
> > I have not checked any of them to see what their status is either. They
> were
> > ok this past summer but did not bloom. I imagine it was due to my poor
> care
> > of them because of the move.
> >
> > If you cannot find any and you want to come to Marion let me know. My
> house
> > is a - well, greenhouse - but that is beside the point! Have you checked
> at
> > the botanical garden? They might be able to get some and that is
certainly
>
> > closer.
> >
> > Sheri
> >
> > Make a difference! Plant-A-Row For The Hungry Ask me how!
> > Region III Plant-A-Row For The Hungry Representative
> > http://www.gwaa.org/Par/index.html
> >
> > Do you like gardening? Don't miss the ultimate website for the truly
> > obsessed plant-a-holic!
> > FREE swap and chat forums, informative articles and much more!
> > http://www.exoticgardening.com
> >
> > Do you need a freelance writer, editor, photographer or speaker?
> > Contact Sheri Ann Richerson
> > (765) 664-6916
> > SheriAnnRicherson@exoticgardening.com
> > http://sheriannricherson.exoticgardening.com
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf
> > Of kmrsy@comcast.net
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 5:15 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > 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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