bulbicodium daffodils
- Subject: bulbicodium daffodils
- From: Linda L Wallpe l*@juno.com
- Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 15:57:11 -0500
Rod Barwick is a grower in Tasmania that has hybridized many of the
bulbocodiums. Here are his words on the subject (copied from his
catalogue) :
"In our garden we flower our hoop-petticoats (the species N. bulbocodium,
N. cantabricus and N. romieuxii and their hybrids) prolifically every
year. We believe this success is due to planting the bulbs in a
situation where they get no water from November through until March. The
easiest way to achieve this is by planting in pots and tipping them on
their side for the summer. This long, hot dry spell certainly seems to
be the key to proliific flowering."
For anyone thinking to try this method, remember that Tasmania is in the
southern hemisphere so the time needs to be adjusted to say June through
September.
Linda Wallpe
Zone 6a,
no snow today but really cold out there!
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Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 02:49:05 -0500
From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
Subject: Re: bulbicodium was:miniature daffodils
The only place I've been able to keep these going is in the crack
between our flagstone patio and the wood edging of an adjacent bed;
planted in pure sand that has had the humus of the years sift into
it. They've lived there for many years now, but I only get one or
two flowers as it's probably a bit too shady...but they haven't died
out (knock on wood) :-) Never lasted over a year in regular garden
beds/borders. I know that clump needs splitting, but have to remove
flagstone and re-lay it to get at them, so have not done it...
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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