Re: more bulbs
- Subject: Re: more bulbs
- From: M* T*
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 19:19:20 -0400
Jean, what's your soil like? Is it sandy? You're, I think, in a
warmer part of z 7 than I..the influence of the water you are near,
but maybe that's not too much of a factor.
In what type of location do you have yours planted?
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Ralph Crump <rjcrump@bluecrab.org>
>
> I am in Zone 7, on the Eastern Shore of Md, quite near the water
and have
> not had any problem with Sternbergia lutea. My original bulbs came
from VA
> many years ago and have spread into quite a nice clump. They are
planted
> under a Holly tree in Eastern Shore soil which gets dry in the
summer. I
> understand that they do "resent" disturbance and take quite a while
to get
> established.
>
> Jean Crump
> Zone 7, Eastern Shore of Md
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@clark.net>
> To: <perennials@mallorn.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 3:51 AM
> Subject: Re: more bulbs
>
>
> >
> > Not in Daffodil Society, but do have pot of Sternbergia lutea;
got 1
> > bloom a short while ago; these from seed sown a few years ago.
> >
> > Understand they require pretty dry dormancy conditions and am not
> > exactly certain they're bone hardy for me, so they live in a pot.
> > James Waddick posted somewhere once that he has mixed success
with
> > them in the ground in Kansas City. Seems from other posts I've
saved
> > that a sand bed in full sun is not a bad plan with these guys.
> >
> > Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> > mtalt@clark.net
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> > > From: Marilyn Dube <mygarden@easystreet.com>
> > >
> > > Hi Everybody,
> > > Did anyone catch that great article on autumn blooming bulbs
in
> > the
> > > Sept/Oct issue of The American Gardener? I am duly inspired and
> > looking to
> > > purchase some to plant next spring.
> > > I am particularly interested in the fall blooming Daffodil -
> > Sternbergia
> > > lutea. Do any of you Daffodil Society folks grow it? I also
am
> > enamored of
> > > Crocus cartwrightianus 'Albus' and Crocus medius (royal
purple).
> > Last but
> > > not least are Rhodophiala spp. (oxblood lily) and Leucojum
> > autumnale. I
> > > would love to learn from your experience.
> > > Thanks, Marilyn
> > >
> > > Marilyn Dube'
> > > Natural Designs Nursery
> > > Portland, Oregon
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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