I would like to share your note with the membership and see what they have to say. Would that be OK? Only two people ordered the nothoscordum, and I sent them a second stronger warning from Rodger in BC advising that the bulbs be destroyed. They did not reply and I sent them the bulbs. Dell > Hi, > > I'd just like to ask that you not send any of #3 to anyone in California > or a Mediterranean climate. If we know that a bulb can become a serious > problem I don't think we should share it with others. There are great > stretches of Northern California and Australia and I'm sure other areas > around the world where Watsonia meriana var. bulbillifera is spreading and > overwhelming native habitats. Not only does it increase by seed and corms > around the main corm, but by corms in the stem of the plant which fall off > and create new plants. There are a lot of other Watsonias that are much > more attractive and not such a problem. Some made it to my garden from a > neighbor's yard and I did eventually get rid of it since I immediately > recognized it and dug it up right away, but still had offsets coming up for > a couple of years. > > I guess I feel the same way about Lee's recent donation of Nothoscordum to > the BX. Even with the warning, someone might end up with it who didn't > realize how very difficult it is to get rid of once you have it. > > NARGS won't distribute seeds I don't think of known problem plants and > perhaps the Pacific Bulb Society should give some thought to doing this as > well. > > Mary Sue > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >