Lilium rosthornii Pacific BX 160

Mark Mazer markmazerandfm13@earthlink.net
Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:57:22 PST
Hi Jim:

I think it was Tony Avent that offered one of these for auction to benefit the Piedmont chapter of NARGS this weekend.  Ellen Hornig from Seneca Hills Nursery gave a wonderful presentation on her "improbable" garden in northern New york state where she grows many bulbs from South Africa including 
Eucomis and Kniphofia that I found ungrowable several hundred miles south in my former Connecticut garden.  Her reliable snow cover and superior growing talent are probably the difference. I bid for Pinellia "Polly Spout" and won!!!

Best,
Mark Mazer
Hertford, North Carolina
Zone 7b-8 I think

Early Lachenalia viridflora are in bloom.  Later blooming collections are in spike.  I think I need more Oxalis as the first that I have grown are wonderful.  Where is the best place to acquire more?

>From Jim Waddick:
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>18. Seed of  Lilium rosthornii.
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>      I only had 2 bulbs bloom this spring and two seed pods. The seeds look
>small, but I have no comparison as this is the first time this species
>bloomed. We discussed this Chinese species that is new to cultivation. 
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>A picture at
>http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/….
>JPG and http://www.hillkeep.ca/bulbs%20lilium.htm
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>PBS discussed this species on 8/2/07.


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