Re: Lycoris
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- Subject: Re: [SG] Lycoris
- From: M* T*
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 22:13:14 -0400
I've grown good old Lycoris squamigera - the Surprise Lily - in partial
shade for over 15 years. Gets maybe 2 hours of direct sun a day; the rest
light shade. Blooms quite well. Has a reputation for sulking after being
lifted and moved and, as I remember, did not bloom much for me the first
couple of years I had them. Bulbs were from my mother's garden and have
increased into two fairly large clumps. Interesting thing I note about
these is that they seem to push themselves up in the soil. In a vain
effort to find something to plant in their location after the foliage dies
down, I keep adding soil mix to plant various annuals since, I can't really
dig into the area without damaging bulbs, and every year, when I engage in
my annual frustration exercise, the bulb necks are sticking out of the
soil..
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: J.E. Shields <jshields@INDY.NET>
> Date: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 8:24 AM
>
> Jim Waddick has said that Lycoris in China are woodland species, hence
the
> winter or spring foliage which disappears in summer.
>
> So here is a genus with potential for the shade garden which I suspect
very
> few gardeners have used this way. Waddick privately imports bulbs from
> China each year, and for two seasons here I have been growing bulbs from
> him of Lycoris chinensis (yellow), L. longituba (near white), and L.
> sprengeri (rose with blue flashing) -- but I have them planted in full
sun!
> Each has bloomed, but so far the blooms are sparse, with ony a few of
the
> bulbs sending up a scape. I hope that as time passes and the bulbs
become
> established, they will bloom more regularly.
>
> Has anyone tried any Lycoris in a shade garden?
>
> Jim S.
>
>
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