Re: o.t. lycoris squamigera
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- Subject: Re: o.t. lycoris squamigera
- From: P* &* Y* T* <t*@dynamite.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 07:40:09 -0600 (MDT)
At 18:42 13/04/98 -0600, you wrote:
>I at last unpacked my time/life gardener books and looked
>up that one, says they do best where winters are moist as that's when the
bulbs
>are growing and summers are dry while they are dormant. also says
>that disturbing established clumps may delay blooming for a year
>or two. soil : well-drained,fertile. Is known as spider lily and
>is good for pot growing. Wouldn't mind adding it to my garden.
>I have a japanese show on tape where this bulb was used in Japan
>to make a poison too. The red ones are Lycoris radiata, there is
>a L.sprengeri that go from vivid red to purple,blue, or rose color.
>
>
Also Lycoris Aurea (Yellow) and then all the closely related nerines
(Fothergillii, Winter Cheer, alba, corusca, plus more)
Paul Tyerman (Australia)
