Re: When does Mother Nature plant fall bulbs?
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: When does Mother Nature plant fall bulbs?
- From: p*@juno.com (Pat Mitchell)
- Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 14:09:49 -0500
- References: <709a78dd.3608ea79@aol.com>
>This sure sounds logical, but Mother Nature doesn't plant bulbs. She
>plants seeds and depending on the species after one or more years the
seed
>develops into a bulb. So we can't take our cue from MN.
>Bill Lee
I would disagree slightly - my tiger lilies plant their *bulblets* in
August! Or perhaps more realistically, they drop them onto the ground at
that time.
I've planted from August to November here in the Upper Midwest and have
never had any problem.
Pat
USDA Zone 5 Milwaukee suburb - Wisconsin
Pat-Mitchell@juno.com
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