Re: Sternbergia

Thanks Bill and Claire..for some reason, I did not find Bill's
message in my inbox:-(

Seems like maybe it's not so much cold as winter wet that is the
determining factor in survival of this bulb?

Thanks also, Claire for the info on the IBS list...I had thought it
was only if you were a member; delighted to find out it is accessible
otherwise!

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: ECPep@aol.com
> 
> In a message dated 10/24/01 8:43:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Blee811@aol.com 
> writes:
> 
> << I think Sternbergia would be perfectly hardy for you, Marge.
Here in 
>  Cincinnati we're called Zone 6a which means we're really a 5b with
some Zone 
>  6 plants surviving.  The Ohio River valley sometimes keeps us a
little 
> warmer 
>  than we'd be otherwise.  If you drive 50 miles north or south,
conditions 
>  change. >>
> 
> Sternbergia is native to Asia Minor and southeastern Europe.  Most
guides 
> mention dry hot summers and basically a dry location.  They need
time to 
> build up a vigorous clump, Genders mentions 6 to 8 years, to bloom
well.  A 
> high pH plant.  It is a bulb no longer tried by me and is certainly
not hardy 
> here.  Sternbergia used to be in the bulb catalogs in years past
but not so 
> recently.  That is probably how I came to try it.  S. lutea has
leaves 
> appearing with flowers. It is the "lily of the fields" in the Bible
so you 
> can get an idea of the growing conditions.  
> 
> There is a free bulb list with many well informed members and
little traffic 
> sponsored by the IBS.  You can sign on without membership in IBS
whish is 
> 40.00.  Recently IBS offered a membership on the internet ( 14.95) 
with 
> their publication online plus membership in the not-free list with
world-wide 
> bulb grower input.  Neither list have a lot of traffic so adding it
is not 
> much more email arriving.  The quality of the posts is excellent. 
The 
> instructions are on the IBS website found on any search. 
(International Bulb 
> Society)
> 
> Bulbs are a good field of interest for winter bloom, a northern
states lack 
> on the windowsill or plant room.
> 
> Claire Peplowski
> NYS z4
> 
>
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