re: Sea daffodils and peonies

Dear all,

Someone out there asked about 'other' plants and 'moving on' from 
Auracarias and other stuff. So i thought I'd throw in some other 
plants I am trying to grow.

First, has anybody experience with the Sea Daffodil - Pancratium 
maritimum. I have had three bulbs for two years, they grow and die 
down but no flowers yet. I know they live in the sand dunes right on 
the high water marks of beaches around the Med. Anything I can do to 
prompt flowering, or is it just a case of waiting until they are 
'mature' and conjested like Nerines? Now I have a chance to raise 
some seed - any advice out there?

Who grows species peonies besides myself? I was knocked out to see 
clumps of Peonia cambessedesii growing in huge rock falls - screes - 
at the base of montrous limestone cliffs on Mallorca; again almost 
down to the water line on the NE shore at Torre de Ariant. Once I saw 
the huge tuberous root systems disappearing into the fist sized 
rocks, fully exposed to the heat and direct sunshine all day, not to 
mention the reflected heat from the brilliant white rocks, I 
understood that these plants can be tough. I have P. rhodea, P, 
graeca, P. mlokowitschiana, P. peregrina, P. lithophilla, P, emodii, 
P. biebersteiniana, P. mascula and others. Anyone else giving them a 
go.

regards

trevor n
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