Re: colchicum available

Kitty - I'll take 25 of them off your hands if no one else wants any.
See who's interested and holler at me off list for arrangements!!


mil gracias - 
Pam

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: kmrsy@comcast.net
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Thu, 24 Jul 2003 15:08:04 +0000

>Dear Friends,
>
>I have a terrific deal on Colchicum speciosum that you might like to share.  
>These bulbs are planted in mid August to mid Sept for blooming in October-
>November.  They're variously listed as hardy, narrowly as Zones 4 to 7 and as 
>widely as 3 to 9.  My source is offering "...decent large sized bulbs at $1.00 
>each plus shipping."   Since shipping of 100 bulbs is $30, that makes them 
>$1.30 each.  Consider that Brent & Becky's Bulbs is asking $3.60 each, and 
>Odyssey Bulbs wants $3.50 each, this is one heck of a deal.  I've given the URL 
>for Mobot on this bulb, but there is one thing he neglects to mention.  RODENTS 
>WILL NOT TOUCH THESE BULBS; THEY ARE POISONOUS.  I've grown these for a few 
>years. They are very dependable, very beautiful, and taller than some of the 
>cultivars - about 10 inches.  They multiply well, too.  They should be planted 
>beneath a short groundcover like woolly thyme, allysum, Phlox subulata, etc, to 
>give them a bit of support as they bloom while they are dormant; without leaves.
>
>I have 50 to spare and anyone who would like some just let me know - first 
>come, first served.  If you've never grown Colchicum, don't worry, there's 
>nothing to it and they are some of the loveliest flowers around - especially 
>because they bloom vibrantly when everything else is dying down for winter. 
>
>Info:
>http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/codea/A441.shtml
>
>another pic:
>http://jouet.roger.free.fr/photos/septembre/colchicumspeciosum.jpg
>
>Note to Chris: I am not "selling" on hort.net, as I am taking no profit.  I 
>just want to share the opportunity with friends.
>
>Kitty
>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX/zone 8A



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