Re: premature muscari
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- Subject: Re: premature muscari
- From: "* <z*@email.msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 11:05:03 -0800
A question re: muscari, Im in Zone 7 and after thier "normal " flowering I
get little white flowers out of them. They go dormant and die back after the
little white flowers which appear about 1 month after the puple ones fade,
then die back all together only to send up greenery again in the fall. What
is it? And what causes that??? Not all do it about 1/2 do. Thank s
Pat
-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Teller <alextell@pacbell.net>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 1997 2:51 AM
Subject: Re: premature muscari
>Further to the premature muscari story, the plot thickens.
>
>I grow a lot of muscari in 1 and 2 gallon pots. I started several years
>ago with about 10 bulbs. I kept watering them after they bloomed to let
>the leaves making food for the bulbs. The leaves stayed green all
>summer long, went dormant for maybe 2 weeks in fall, and then sent out
>new leaves for the winter. It is an amazing plant. Now I have tens of
>pots with hundreds of bulbs and they keep multiplying and growing to no
>end.
>
>So, keep watering them and they will reward you with lots of flowers and
>continuous growth for more than 11 months every year. I live in
>Northern California, zone 9 USDA/14 Sunset.
>
>Alex Teller
>
>
>Christopher P. Lindsey wrote:
>
>> > After many hours of contemplation and planning of my bulb/perennial
>> beds
>> > some of my muscari armeniacum are already coming up. Should I worry?
>>
>> > They are underneath some pinks and get a bit of water as a result.
>> > There is also grass clipping mulch on top. We're seeing 23-32
>> degree
>> > nights and 40-60 degree days in Western Colorado.
>>
>> I'm not sure why it happens, but mine do the same thing year after
>> year. I was worried at first too, but they come up and stay green
>> all winter long, then bloom spectacularly in the spring. They usually
>>
>> send up new leaves then as well...
>>
>> Chris
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