Re: Bulb Seeds


In a message dated 9/30/02 11:37:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
justme@prairieinet.net writes:


> I kept thinking that bulbs don't set seeds! Can't say as I ever noticed
> a seedpod on my daffodils.. will have to look for them next spring!
> 

I thought that might be what you were thinking, Donna. We tend to think of 
bulbs as multiplying only by splits and offsets underground. But seeds are 
where most of the new hybrids come from and also why you can see some 
variation in populations of species bulbs in the wild.
Bill Lee

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