Dear Bob: Watsonia bulbifera is now W. meriana, I understand your concern, but find it pleasant to see these flower along Highway 1. I notice these seem to do well in shade, but seldom do I see them taller than some 36 inches. Perhaps they are natural hybrids with the form known previously as W. coccinea which is much shorter in height. I wonder when they started to go "native". Cheers, John E. Bryan Bob Rutemoeller wrote: > > Dear All, > > For Watsonia bulbifera. Please be careful if you plant these out. At least > along the northern California coast they are a serious invasive weed that > multiplies in three different ways. Mary Sue and I could gather millions of > cormlets this time of year along Highway One near Mendocino or at Salt > Point State Park. But our friends in the local native plant society would > put a reward on our heads if we did so to help distribute them. > > Bob R > Honorary Bulbs Anonymous Enabler > > At 06:25 PM 8/3/03 -0400, you wrote: > >8. Cormlets of Watsonia bulbifera. Small Watsonia, reddish orange flowers. > >Summer dormant. > > Bob Rutemoeller > brutem@mcn.org > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php