hyacinthoides hispanica

In a message dated 1/5/01 3:28:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
maridube@teleport.com writes:

<< ritime climate that invigorates them, but heavy clay soil doesn't seem to
 slow them down.  They propagate themselves by bulb division and also self
 seed VERY prolifically.  If one has a meadow where they can ran rampant and
 look absolutely gorgeous - that is perfect.  In confined spaces such as my
 rose border (8'W x 40'L), in spite of digging out as many bulbs as I can
 find every spring after they finish blooming, I still have WAY too many. >>

Marilyn,

Such self progation would be heaven but alas, it does not happen for us.  Any 
bulb that would spread as you describe here would have to be garlic.  The HH 
blooms very late in spring meeting the hot weather immediately.  Hence, there 
are no seeds or I should say I have never seen any seeds.  I might have saved 
them.  It takes many years to build up patches of snowdrops and the hardy 
scillas.   I would truly enjoy having a garden free of frozen soil for a few 
years.  As Bill said, should you feel like shipping..................

Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY z4

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